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Monroe County, Michigan

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 9 Monroe County towns.

The oldest is Monroe, established 1837. The largest by population is Monroe (20,462).

Town	Established	Population
Carleton	1911	2,326
Dundee	1855	5,323
Estral Beach	1925	403
Luna Pier	1963	1,382
Maybee	1899	545
Milan	1885	6,079
Monroe	1837	20,462
Petersburg	1869	1,171
South Rockwood	1955	1,587

About these towns

Carleton: The community was first platted in 1872 by Daniel Matthews, who had worked previously to select Lansing as the state capital. He became the first postmaster when the Carleton post office was established on February 24, 1874.

Dundee: The village is within Dundee Township and is served by Dundee Community Schools.

Estral Beach: The village is located within Berlin Charter Township.

Luna Pier: Previously known as Lakewood, it was established in the early 1900s and incorporated as a city in 1963.

Maybee: Maybee was established as early as 1873 in the southwest part of Exeter Township when the Canada Southern Railway built a railway line through the area.

Milan: The first settler to the area was John Marvin, who arrived in the spring of 1831 and settled the community under the name "Tolanville", after his son-in-law Henry Tolan.

Monroe: Long occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples, the area around the River Raisin was settled by the Potawatomi hundreds of years before French explorers and colonists reached it in the late 17th century.

Petersburg: The area was originally settled by Richard Peters as early as 1824, and he became the first postmaster when the Summerfield post office was established in April 1831.

South Rockwood: South Rockwood was founded in 1863 by John Strong, who named the community after Rockwood, Ontario. The nearby community of Rockwood was located just to the north and had been settled a few years earlier.