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Monroe County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Founded
- 1854 DT Moseley was the first white child born to settlers in Monroe County.
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Seat
- Sparta
- Largest city
- Sparta
- Total
- 908 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Land
- 901 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Water
- 7.4 sq mi (19 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 46,572
- Density
- 51.5/sq mi (19.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 3rd , 7th
- Website
- www .co .monroe .wi .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Official name
- Monroe County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Oakdale
- Capital
- Sparta
- Population
- 46274
- Area
- 2352
- Shares border with
- La Crosse County
- Official website
- www.co.monroe.wi.us
- Image
- CourthouseMonroeCountyWI.JPG
- Households
- 18025
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- Commons category
- Monroe County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Monroe County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1854-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Monroe County
- per capita income
- 29946
- different from
- Monroe County
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,274. Its county seat is Sparta.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.