Monroe’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Monroe. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMonroe Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,339 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,165 to 2,339 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monroe yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Monroe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monroe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHarkrader House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Monroe, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Nothing in Monroe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Monroe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kokosing House in Gambier, 3.9 miles away.
Monroe and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Harkrader House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.