Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
MONROE COUNTY, situated on the southeast boundary of Tennessee, near Tennessee river. Area, 750 square miles. Face of the country broken and mountainous. Seat of justice, Madisonville. Pop. in 1820, 2,539; in 1830, 13,709; in 1840, 12,056; in 1850, 11,717. (Fanning's, 1853)