Monroe Center, Illinois

Village in Illinois, United States

42°05′54″N 89°00′02″W / 42.09833°N 89.00056°W / 42.09833; -89.00056CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyOgleTownshipMonroeGovernment

Area

^[1]

• Village1.21 sq mi (3.14 km²) • Land1.21 sq mi (3.14 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

853 ft (260 m)Population

(2020)

• Village411 • Density339.11/sq mi (130.91/km²) • Urban

550 • Metro

1,200Time zonecstPostal code

61052

Area code815FIPS code17-50062Websitewww.monroecenter.org

Monroe Center is a village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, southeast of Rockford in Monroe Township. It is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway and on Illinois Route 72, about .6 mile east of Exit 111 from Interstate 39. The village had a population of 471 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Monroe Center is on a hill and has many fields surrounding it. The Kilbuck Creek along with the retainment ponds and lakes alongside I-39 are the only bodies of water in the area. According to the 2010 census, Monroe Center has a total area of 1.21 square miles (3.13 km²), all land.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	471	—
2020	411	−12.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

Notable person

Charles W. Baker (1876-1953), Illinois state legislator and farmer, was born in Monroe Center.^[4]
Andra Martin (born Sandra Rehn) (1935–2022), American Actor, grew up on the family farm in Monroe Center.

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ 'Senator Baker, Legislator, 38 Years, Dies,' Rockford Register Republic, February 26, 1963