Townships in Monroe County
- Bluff Creek
- Cedar
- Franklin
- Guilford
- Jackson
- Mantua
- Monroe
- Pleasant
- Troy
- Union
- Urbana
- Wayne
Communities in Monroe County
- Albia
- Avery
- Bluff Creek
- Bridgeport
- Brompton
- Bucknell
- Buxton
- Consol
- Foster
- Frederic
- Georgetown
- Hagerty
- Hiteman
- Hocking
- Lockman
- Lovilia
- Maxon
- Melrose
- Miami
- Pleasant Corner
- Rexfield
- Selection
- Tower Station (Historical)
- Tyrone
- Ward
- Weller
Post Offices and Post Masters 1860
- Albia... John Phillips
- Bluff Creek... A. D. Duden
- Cuba... John H. Miller
- Gray's Creek... M. A. Roberts
- Half Way Prairie... S. Elder
- Lovilia... J. W. Gladson
- Osprey... John C. Evans
- Weller... Jona Smith
Lynchings in Monroe County
A large mob of miners in Monroe County on March 22,1893 hanged William
Frazier, Hiteman,
near the spot where he had killed his wife and injured his daughter.
Source:Paul Walton Black, "Lynchings in Iowa," Iowa Journal of History and
Politics 10 (1912), 151-254.
Near Lynchings in Monroe County
November, 1900, Alva Brooker, Albia, Monroe County, Rape, Black,
Alva Brooker, Monroe County, November 24, 1900.—The rape of Mrs. Sarah Hovel
of Albia caused the arrest of Alva Brooker (colored), charged with the crime. A large mob
attempted to lynch him on November 24, 1900, but Company G of the Iowa National Guards
prevented it.
Source:Paul Walton Black, "Lynchings in Iowa," Iowa Journal of History and
Politics 10 (1912)
Melrose Bell Newspaper Launched
The Melrose Bell, launched last week at Melrose, by James Duggan, is a neat 7-column, single sheet paper, full of choice local news, and in his announcement the editor says: "It will be the intention of the Bell to confine its efforts almost exclusively to Melrose and her territory. We shall endeavor to cover the whole of creation."
Another column of the same date: The editor of the Melrose Bell is an undertaker. When someone desires a choice bit of delicate news "kept out of the paper," a request so well understood by all editors, it will be proper to say: "Just keep that on the dead, please." The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa