Welcome to Monroe County MoGenWeb!! I am Lea Ann Oliver Robertson, the new County Coordinator for Monroe county and I am happy to serve the researchers of this area. I can be reached via email at any time: Lea Ann Oliver Robertson.

"During the 1829-30 emigration came in rapidly. The inconvenience of being so remote from the county seat, New London, and the hope of more rapid settlement, induced the pioneers duing the latter part of the year 1830 to take steps to secure the organization of a new county... the same is hereby declared to be a separate and distinct county, to be known and called by the name of 'Monroe County.'"
History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri - 1884

This site is for research inquiries regarding people, places, and all things regarding Monroe County, Missouri. You may visit the Monroe County Historical Society at 112 S. Main, Paris, Missouri 65275. You may also call (660) 327-1831.

Mel Owings, MoGenWeb State Coordinator
Lea Ann Oliver Robertson, Assistant MoGenWeb State Coordinator