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Monroe County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Seat
- Aberdeen
- Largest city
- Amory
- Total
- 772 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Land
- 765 sq mi (1,980 km )
- Water
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,318
- Density
- 44.7/sq mi (17.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .monroems .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe County is a county on the northeast border of the U.S. state of Mississippi next to Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,180. Its county seat is Aberdeen.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.