Monument is a home rule town situated at the base of the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

[11] The first records of the town can be found in various volumes in the El Paso County Courthouse dating back to 1872.

[13] The town of Monument is situated on the southern slope of Palmer Divide, a significant geographical feature which separates the Arkansas and South Platte basins.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Monument has a total area of 4.6 square miles (12 km2), all of it land.

A vacancy in office will be filled by council appointment or by voters at a regular or special election.

It is home to various types of churches, such as Presbyterian,[23] Catholic,[24] Lutheran,[25] Mennonite ,[26] Methodist,[27] and nondenominational.

Interstate 25 serves as the primary land connection between Colorado's two largest population centers (Denver and Colorado Springs), and in its transit through Monument passes over the top of Monument Hill, a geological ridge protrusion from the Front Range which frequently experiences hazardous road conditions, particularly in the winter months; automobile accidents and traffic jams are common in this stretch of interstate.

[39] In 2024, the project was granted $500,000 by the USDOT to research and devise a detailed active service plan in hopes of securing further funding.

[42] Rideshare services like Lyft and Uber are becoming more accessible in Monument as a benefit of the town's close proximity to Colorado Springs.

[43] Monument experiences a hemiboreal continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with warm, relatively rainy summers and cold, snowy winters.

The semi-arid climate keeps the dew point very low in Monument year-round which causes the air to feel quite dry.

The town is situated near the western terminus of the Palmer Divide, a low-grade ridge that extends eastward from the Front Range and has a significant impact on Monument's climate.

[45] The combination of high elevation, uniquely situated geography, semi-arid climate, and freezing cold winter months, the town of Monument receives considerably more snow each year than its neighboring cities.