Monroe County is a

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located in the central portion of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957. The

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is Forsyth. The county was created on May 15, 1821. The county was named for

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. Monroe County is included in the Macon, GA metropolitan statistical area.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water. Located on the

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, it straddles between the

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and

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. The vast majority of Monroe County is located in the Upper

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basin, with just a tiny southwestern corner of the county, west of a line between Yatesville and Culloden, located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).

Major highways

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Interstate 475 * US 23

U.S. Route 23 * US 41

U.S. Route 41 * US 341

U.S. Route 341 * Georgia 7

State Route 7 * Georgia 18

State Route 18 * Georgia 19

State Route 19 * Georgia 42

State Route 42 * Georgia 74

State Route 74 * Georgia 83

State Route 83 * Georgia 87

State Route 87 * Georgia 401

State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75) * Georgia 408

State Route 408 (unsigned designation for I-475)

Adjacent counties

* Butts County (north) * Jasper County (northeast) * Jones County (east) * Bibb County (southeast) * Crawford County (south) * Upson County (southwest) * Lamar County (west)

Communities

Cities

* Culloden * Forsyth

Census-designated places

* Bolingbroke *

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* Smarr

Unincorporated communities

* Berner * Blount * Brent * High Falls * Russellville * Strouds

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 27,957 people, 9,760 households, and 6,179 families residing in the county.

Politics

Education

All parts of the county are in the Monroe County School District.
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References

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