Monroe, Connecticut

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Monroe is a town located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,825 at the 2020 census.[1] The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

Monroe is largely considered a bedroom community of New York City, New Haven, Stamford and Bridgeport.

Monroe contains the villages of Stepney, Stevenson and Monroe Center.

History

On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory Script error: No such module "convert". inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line, to include the southern portion of present-day Monroe. In 1662, Stratford selectmen Lt. Joseph Judson, Captain Joseph Hawley and John Minor secured all the written deeds of transfer from the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation for this vast territory that comprises the present-day towns of Trumbull, Shelton and Monroe. In 1671, Stratford purchased from the Paugusset Indians the territory which included the remainder of the northern portions of Monroe, Trumbull and Shelton, in what is known as "The White Hills Purchase", and officially annexed it to the Township of Stratford.

Monroe incorporated as a town in 1823. The community is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States.[2]

On August 18, 2024, the town suffered from flash flooding due to torrential rainfall, causing road destruction and leaving many stranded. This included the Route 34 bridge near the Lake Zoar Drive-In getting washed away completely, which left the road closed for an extended period of time.

Geography

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Neighborhoods

Monroe is made up of several neighborhoods:

Demographics

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U.S. Decennial Census[3]

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,825 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 84.6% White, 2.4% African American, 6.2% Asian, and 4.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.8% of the population. [1]

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 19,247 people, 6,481 households, and 5,346 families residing in the town. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 6,601 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the town was 95.8% White, 0.20% African American, 0.08% Native American, 2.62% Asian, 0.50% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.20% of the population.

There were 6,481 households, out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. Of all households, 14.9% were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $85,000 and the median income for a family was $92,514. Males had a median income of $61,109 versus $41,572 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,161. About 1.8% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Notable locations

Locations on the National Register of Historic Places

Places of worship

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Humphrey Bogart's former home in Monroe now belongs to the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

The town of Monroe features eleven houses of worship representing numerous faiths.

Government

Monroe is a stalwart Republican town at the presidential level with the longest streak of supporting the GOP in Fairfield County. No Democrat has won the town in over 60 years. Lyndon B. Johnson came the closest in his landslide victory in 1964, having lost the town by only 17 votes to Barry M. Goldwater. It is the only municipality in Fairfield County (and one of only four statewide) that voted for Goldwater and subsequently voted for Donald Trump in all three of his elections.[7]

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Presidential elections results
Monroe town vote
by party in presidential elections[8]
Year Democratic Republican Third Parties
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2024 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.6% 5,346 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.9% 5,961 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.50% 175
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2020 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|48.64% 5,838 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.90% 5,989 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.46% 175
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2016 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|41.44% 4,520 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|54.29% 5,922 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|4.27% 466
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2012 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|43.02% 4,446 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|55.70% 5,757 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.28% 132
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2008 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|46.41% 5,133 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|52.58% 5,815 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.00% 111
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2004 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|40.73% 4,349 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|58.02% 6,195 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.25% 133
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2000 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.57% 4,352 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.79% 4,960 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|4.64% 453
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1996 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|40.94% 3,544 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|45.84% 3,968 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|13.23% 1,145
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1992 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28.47% 2,745 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|47.78% 4,607 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|23.76% 2,291
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1988 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|32.60% 2,599 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|66.67% 5,315 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.73% 58
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1984 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25.02% 1,771 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|74.65% 5,283 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.32% 23
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1980 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|28.82% 1,815 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|59.34% 3,737 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|11.85% 746
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1976 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|36.05% 2,025 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|63.20% 3,550 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.75% 42
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1972 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|25.87% 1,329 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|71.92% 3,695 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|2.22% 114
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1968 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|33.15% 1,527 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|57.47% 2,647 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|9.38% 432
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1964 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|49.78% 1,960 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|50.22% 1,977 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% 0
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1960 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|35.51% 1,116 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|64.49% 2,027 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% 0
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|1956 align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20.66% 389 align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|79.34% 1,494 align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|0.00% 0
Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 26, 2021[9]
Party Active voters Inactive voters Total voters Percentage
Republican 3,673 168 3,841 26.70%
Democratic 3,188 171 3,359 23.36%
Unaffiliated 6,627 311 6,938 48.24%
Minor parties 234 10 244 1.70%
Total 13,722 660 14,382 100%

Education

Monroe Public Schools oversees public education and includes approximately 4,000 students, in three elementary schools (Fawn Hollow, Monroe Elementary, and Stepney Elementary), two middle schools (Jockey Hollow and STEM Academy), and one high school (Masuk High School).

In 2011, STEM Academy was opened at Masuk High School as an additional middle school option for Monroe's 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.[10]

Chalk Hill Middle School housed Monroe's 5th and 6th graders from 1969 to 2011 (when it was closed due to shifting population and budget issues).[11] From 2012 to 2016, Chalk Hill was the home of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown following the December 14, 2012, shooting.[12]

Media

  • The town of Monroe owns and operates the FM radio station WMNR.
  • The Monroe Courier was the weekly town newspaper until it was shut down in October 2018.
  • The two local online newspaper are the Monroe Patch and the Monroe Sun.[13]

Infrastructure

Roads

Bus

The Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority provides bus service for Monroe.[14]

Train

Two train stations are located near Monroe:

Both stations are served by Metro-North Railroad.[17][16] Bridgeport station is served by the New Haven Line, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Vermonter.[15] Derby–Shelton station is served only by the Waterbury Branch. Both stations are easily accessible by bus routes or driving. The New Haven Railroad used to serve the town.[18]

Parks and recreation

The Monroe Parks and Recreation Department manages Monroe's parks.

Emergency services

Fire department

Monroe is protected by three independent and all-volunteer fire departments operating out of six fire stations.

In 1916, 45 men and women formed the first volunteer fire company in Monroe, the Stepney Volunteer Fire Company. In 1923 the Stepney Company built its own firehouse, which housed their first fire truck. It is the only Ladder Company in the Town of Monroe.[20] Also in 1923, the Monroe Volunteer Fire Department was established.[21]

Emergency medical services

Monroe is served by the Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, founded 1977.[22]

Police department

Officially organized in 1952, the Monroe Police Department operates out of Monroe Town Hall.[23]

Notable people

Images

See also

Shackelford, Lauren Mascarenhas, Caroll Alvarado, Robert. “Connecticut Flooding: State of Emergency Declared after 2 Killed and ‘Hundreds’ Evacuated during Flash Flooding.” CNN, 19 Aug. 2024,

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Further reading

  • Reverend Samuel Orcutt, A History of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut, Fairfield Historical Society, 1886
  • The New York Times feature about Monroe

External links

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