Monroe, Kansas

Monroe is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States.

[2] In 1873, a Salina newspaper described Monroe as one of a few "post offices in the centre of industrious settlements" in Lincoln County.

[4][5] The 1887 Official State Atlas of Kansas lists the names of six Lincoln County residents as living in Monroe.

[6] Local papers in this era would regularly report of happenings in Monroe.

The first school house at Monroe was blown away in a storm in 1883 and then rebuilt, opening that fall with 45 students.

1883 map of Lincoln County, Monroe is labeled within Colorado Township in bottom right quadrant
Map of Kansas highlighting Lincoln County
Map of Kansas highlighting Lincoln County