Blood & Biohazard Cleanup Near North Monroe Monroe, OH

Monroe was laid out in 1817 on the Dayton and Cincinnati pike in Butler County and was named for James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.

For more than a century Monroe was tiny — it had one store and just 119 inhabitants in the early 1830s, and still only 360 residents in 1950.

Monroe has since become one of the faster-growing communities in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, reaching 15,412 residents at the 2020 census, and it straddles the line between Butler and Warren counties.

Monroe has 5,484 households, and about 40% of them include children under 18, reflecting its popularity with young families.

Monroe is famous across Ohio for the giant Jesus statue at Solid Rock Church beside Interstate 75: the original "King of Kings" statue, nicknamed "Touchdown Jesus" and "Big Butter Jesus," was struck by lightning in 2010 and destroyed by fire.

The destroyed statue was later replaced by a new statue called "Lux Mundi," which still stands at the site along the highway.

Most of Monroe is served by the Monroe Local School District, while part of the city falls in the Lakota Local School District.

The city's motto is "Firmly Founded - Proudly Growing," a nod to its 1817 roots and its recent suburban boom.