Definition of "Monroe"

A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"  examples

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  examples

A townland in County Meath, Ireland.  examples

Any of a number of places in the United States, including:

1. The former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.  examples

2. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.  examples

3. A city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.  examples

4. A small town in Adams County, Indiana.  examples

5. A small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.  examples

6. A small city in Jasper County, Iowa.  examples

7. An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.  examples

8. A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.  examples

9. A town in Waldo County, Maine.  examples

10. A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.  examples

11. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan  examples

12. A village in Platte County, Nebraska.  examples

13. A small town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.  examples

14. A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.  examples

15. A city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.  quotations  examples

    Quotations

    • I was born and raised in Monroe, the seat of Union County, North Carolina. That makes me, as an indulgent friend once put it, a “country boy.”

      2005, Jesse Helms, “Introduction”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, New York: Random House, page xv

16. A city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.  examples

17. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.  examples

18. A small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.  examples

19. A small city in Benton County, Oregon.  examples

20. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.  examples

21. A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.  examples

22. An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.  examples

23. A small city in Sevier County, Utah.  examples

24. An unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.  examples

25. A city in Snohomish County, Washington.  examples

26. A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.  examples

27. A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.  examples

28. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.  examples

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.  examples