MONROE, C. H. and P. V., in town of same name, Green county, on section 35, town 2 X., of range 7 E. It is 40 miles south from Madison. Population 900, with 200 dwellings, 7 stores, S hotels, 2 mills, 4 waggon, 5 blacksmith, 4 cabinet, 4 shoe and 4 carpenter shops, 1 broom and 1 chair factory, 2 lath saws, and several turning lathes connected with machinery at the mills, 1 Methodist and 1 Christian church. Monroe is situated on the direct route from Janesville to Dubuque and Galena, 35 miles from the former, and 50 miles from the latter place. It is surrounded by a rich farming country and large tracts of the best quality of timber. The location is very healthy. The flouring mill runs 4 run of stone, and, with the saw mill, is driven by steam. (John Warren Hunt, Wisconsin Gazetteer..., Madison, 1853)