A brief history of Monroe County | Something to Think About
Debbie Kulick
For those who were living in Monroe County in 2011, you may well recall the 175th Anniversary of the county date of creation.
The celebration was not as grandiose as that of the Sesquicentennial (150th), but it did have a significant amount of history shared by many local historians.
The following county and township history was provided by Jeffrey L. Wright, Esq.
The history of Monroe County, which was formed on April 1, 1836 from parts of Pike and Northampton Counties, is rich and certainly helps us understand much of the landscape we have today.