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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
Monroe Georgia |
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Monroe
- Population
- 14928
- Area
- 39.694992
- Elevation
- 277
- Official website
- www.monroega.com
- Image
- Walton2.JPG
- Households
- 4240
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- Commons category
- Monroe, Georgia
- postal code
- 30656
- P8168
- RFO
- water as percent of area
- 1.3294
- per capita income
- 15457
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Article
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