Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Monon, IN

Monon is a town in White County that was platted in 1853 as 'New Bradford' by James Brooks, president of the New Albany and Salem Railroad — the line that would become the Monon Railroad.

Monon's name comes from two nearby creeks, the Big Monon and the Little Monon, from a Potawatomi word said to mean 'swift-running'; the railroad nicknamed itself after the town in the 1840s and formally adopted 'Monon' as its corporate name in 1856.

When Monon was incorporated in 1879, it legally adopted the name of its post office, which had operated under the name Monon since 1849.

Monon was a classic railroad junction town: the Monon Railroad's northern division entered town and turned ninety degrees south toward Lafayette and Louisville, while other lines ran to Indianapolis and Michigan City.

In its heyday the Monon Railroad ran two train yards in Monon — a main yard 11 tracks wide holding 270 cars and a South Yard holding 278 cars — though today only CSX freight trains pass through and passenger service is long gone.

The Monon Connection Museum, just north of town, preserves the history of the Monon Railroad and its trains.

The Monon Commercial Historic District along U.S. Route 421 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, and the Monon Civic Preservation Society maintains the historic Civic Center (originally the Arlington Hotel), the Monon Theater, and the Monon Railroad Caboose Memorial Park.

The 2020 census counted 1,919 people in Monon in 596 households, an 8 percent increase over 2010.

Monon is a majority-Hispanic town — 55.7 percent of residents were Hispanic or Latino in the 2020 census — and one of Indiana's youngest communities, with a median age of just 29.8 years.

Monon's North White Junior-Senior High School is famous in Indiana football: coach Jim Davis led the North White Vikings to a perfect 14–0 season and the Class 1A state championship in 1994.