Monroe County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957. The county seat is Forsyth. The county was created on May 15, 1821. The county was named for James Monroe. Monroe County is included in the Macon, Georgia metropolitan area.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water. Located on the fall line, the county falls in between the Piedmont and the Atlantic coastal plain. The vast majority of Monroe County is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin, with just a tiny southwestern corner of the county, west of a line between Yatesville and Culloden, located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).
Major highways
- 20px Interstate 75
- 24px Interstate 475
- 20px U.S. Route 23
- 20px U.S. Route 41
- 23px U.S. Route 341
- 20px State Route 7
- 20px State Route 18
- 20px State Route 19
- 20px State Route 42
- 20px State Route 74
- 20px State Route 83
- 20px State Route 87
- 23px State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)
- 23px State Route 408 (unsigned designation for I-475)
Adjacent counties
- Butts County (north)
- Jasper County (northeast)
- Jones County (east)
- Bibb County (southeast)
- Crawford County (south)
- Upson County (southwest)
- Lamar County (west)
Communities
Cities
- Culloden
- Forsyth
Census-designated places
- Bolingbroke
- Juliette
- Smarr
Unincorporated communities
- Berner
- Blount
- Brent
- High Falls
- Russellville
- Strouds