Monroe Pennsylvania Map

About Monroe, Pennsylvania

Monroe is a locality in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 478. The population density is 373.6 people per km². Monroe is located at 41.7121°N, 76.4751°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Monroe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16232.

Monroe emerges from the quiet, undulating geometry of the inland landscape, defined by its steady posture against a backdrop of deep, terrestrial silence. It lies 28.0 miles northeast of Butler, PA (from Butler, PA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 17.6 miles south-southeast of Oil City. The earth here holds the weight of the seasons in its clay, where the damp, cool air settles low over the fields long after the sun has retreated. A mile away, the dark, rhythmic movement of Turkey Run cuts through the terrain, its waters flowing with a persistence that shapes the surrounding soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a vast, ancient boundary far beyond the horizon. The landscape maintains a deliberate stillness, punctuated only by the subtle shifts in light that turn the horizon a bruised, metallic gray during the approach of an evening storm.

Monroe bears the quiet marks of a legacy built upon the land’s extraction and the slow, methodical labor of those who cleared the timber and worked the acreage. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding woods, with the nearby Beaver Creek Recreational Park serving as a primary point of stillness for those who live within the rhythm of the local seasons. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Kahle Lake for an afternoon of respite, finding a singular, glassy clarity in its surface that reflects the changing canopy of the region. The character of Monroe is found in this patience, a place where the history of industry has receded into the background, leaving behind a persistent, grounded way of life that values the integrity of the woods and the slow, inevitable turn of the year.

About This Monroe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monroe, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.712133, -76.475056. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Monroe includes the ZIP code (16232), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clarion County (Clarion), and school district assignment (Towanda Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.