Monroe, Washington Monroe, Washington Location of Monroe, Washington Location of Monroe, Washington Monroe is a town/city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
The new evolution was originally known as Tye City, but became Monroe when Park Place's chief store, the one including the U.S.
Post Office, relocated and took up the name "Monroe at Park Place" with respect to James Monroe, the nation's fifth president.
That same year, Snohomish County assembled the County Poor Farm where today's Evergreen State Fairgrounds are located; the city's first hospital was assembled where Valley General Hospital stands today.
In 1899 the grammar school was relocated from its old site in Park Place to a new site in Monroe and the town's newspaper, The Monroe Monitor, began printed announcement on January 14 of the same year.
Nowadays, the town of Monroe has a populace of 17,286 residents, with grow small businesses.
On the old region of Park Place is Park Place Middle School, there for its dedication.
The town of Monroe includes a small little library, and the Monte Cristo Railroad crosses through it.
While the town/city was still in its infancy, many sawmills were constructed to take favor of the area's old expansion cedar and cedar shakes became the chief product.
Old City Hall, assembled 1908, now (2013) home to the Monroe Historical Society and Monroe Historical Museum.
The City of Monroe officially voted to incorporate on December 20, 1902 and the new town/city counted 325 citizens in its population.
In 1910, around the same time as the assembly of the Carnation Condensery, Washington State chose Monroe as the site of the Washington State Reformatory.
The Great Depression hit Monroe as it did elsewhere in the country and much of the town's trade closed down.
In 1941, the first fair was held in Monroe, known as the Cavalcade of the Valleys, at the County Poor Farm.
This old home near the center of Monroe was once used as an antique shop.
In April 1965 a primary earthquake hit Western Washington and the initial Monroe High School and its annex were so severely damaged that they later had to be demolished.
The new high school opened in 1968 and served the town/city until a new, larger high school had to be assembled in 1999. In the early 1970s Monroe became the end for State Route 522 (Originally SR202, before being realigned into SR522), which offers a more direct connection to Interstate 405 and larger metros/cities to the south.
The Doloff-Key building at the very center of old Monroe, the corner of Main and Lewis Streets, dates back to 1901.
During the first decade of the 21st century, Monroe saw expansion in unexpected new proportions as many large strip malls and primary retailers have assembled new complexes along Highway 2.
The new developments have added to the town/city and the influx of citizens into the encircling area has changed, but not erased much of the city's charm.
Since 2007, Monroe's Old Town precinct has begun a revitalization program. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.11 square miles (15.82 km2), of which, 6.05 square miles (15.67 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Main Street, 2009, reflects the increasing Hispanic existence in Monroe.
There were 5,024 homeholds of which 46.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 54.0% were married couples residing together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 33.1 years.
26.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 36.1% were from 25 to 44; 21.2% were from 45 to 64; and 7.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,795 citizens , 4,173 homeholds, and 3,058 families living in the city.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 41.4% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The former Monroe Elementary School on S.
(built 1916), now (in 2009) the Monroe School District Administration Building.
Monroe High School Located next to the Washington State Reformatory.
Park Place Middle School In Fall 2011 Monroe Middle School was repurposed to turn into Sky Valley Education Center, a parent-partnership school.
Students were incorporated into Park Place Middle School and Hidden River Middle School.
The middle school enrollment had grown so small in the three schools it limited chances for pupils to explore elective areas of study.
Sky Valley Education moved into the building formerly used by Monroe Middle School.
But, the landlord is disputing Monroe School District's right to terminate the lease on the building previously used by Sky Valley Education.
As stated above, The Washington State Reformatory was originally assembled in 1910.
In 1998, the four facilities consolidated into the Monroe Correctional Complex under one Superintendent.
The facilities were retitled the Washington State Reformatory Unit (WSRU), Twin Rivers Unit (providing the state's only male sex-offender treatment program in the prison system), Special Offender Unit (for mental community treatment) and the Minimum-Security Unit retained its name.
The Intensive Management Unit (IMU) opened in 2007 as the newest addition to the Monroe Correctional Complex.
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