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Monroe
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city in and the county seat of Walton County, Georgia, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Walton
- Founded
- 1818 ; 208 years ago ( 1818 )
- Incorporated
- 1821 ; 205 years ago ( 1821 )
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Mayor
- John Howard
- Total
- 15.86 sq mi (41.08 km )
- Land
- 15.65 sq mi (40.53 km )
- Water
- 0.21 sq mi (0.55 km )
- Elevation
- 909 ft (277 m)
- Density
- 953.9/sq mi (368.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 30655-30656
- Area code
- 470 / 678 / 770
- Fips code
- 13-52192
- Gnis feature id
- 0356398
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe is a city and the county seat of Walton County, Georgia, United States. It is located both one hour east of Atlanta via US 78 and GA 138 to I-20 and east of Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport and is one of the exurban cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population was 14,928 at the 2020 U.S. census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.