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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Polk
- Mayor
- Cecelia Koontz
- Total
- 2.33 sq mi (6.04 km )
- Land
- 2.25 sq mi (5.82 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Density
- 4,940.6/sq mi (1,907.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-49550
- Website
- www.ci.monmouth.or.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Monmouth (/ˈmɒnməθ/) is a city of Polk County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named after Monmouth, Illinois, the origin of its earliest settlers. The population is 11,110 as of the 2020 Census; and Monmouth is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is home to Western Oregon University. The city’s first public library, Monmouth Public Library, opened in 1934.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monmouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.