Monroe County, Michigan
Monroe Real Estate and Local Guide
Monroe is the county seat of Monroe County and Michigan's third oldest community, founded in 1785 and located about 35 miles south of Detroit and 17 miles north of Toledo
Living in Monroe
Home of River Raisin National Battlefield Park, the only national battlefield park marking a site of the War of 1812. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Monroe
What makes Monroe home
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Preserves and interprets the January 1813 Battles of Frenchtown, the greatest US defeat of the War of 1812
George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument
Bronze equestrian statue known as Sighting the Enemy, sculpted by Edward Clark Potter and unveiled by President William Howard Taft in 1910
Sawyer Homestead
City-owned 1873 Italianate house at 320 East Front Street listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977
St. Mary's Park
City park overlooking the River Raisin with a band shell, rental shelter, and tennis courts
Soldiers and Sailors Park
City park with a rental shelter and tennis courts managed by Monroe Parks and Recreation
Monroe areas to know
Old Village Historic District
Downtown commercial and residential district first platted in 1817 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
East Elm-North Macomb Street Historic District
Residential district of Greek Revival, Federal, Second Empire, and Victorian homes listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982