Monroe
Also known as Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe, LA
parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Ouachita
- Founded
- 1785 (241 years ago) ( 1785 )
- Incorporated town
- 1845 (181 years ago) ( 1845 )
- Incorporated city
- 1906 (120 years ago) ( 1906 )
- Named after
- the steamboat James Monroe
- Mayor
- Friday Ellis ( I )
- City council
- Members List President of the Council: Doug Harvey Clerk: Carolus Riley Dist 1: Doug Harvey Dist 2: Gretchen Ezernack Dist 3: Juanita G. Woods Dist 4: Bishop Rodney McFarland Dist 5: Verbon R. Muhammad City Attorney: Angie Sturdivant
- City
- 32.91 sq mi (85.23 km )
- Land
- 29.65 sq mi (76.80 km )
- Water
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Monroe is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the parish seat and largest city of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, the second-largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana.
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