The Pequonnock River begins in Monroe in Wolfe Park. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.3 square miles (68 km 2), of which 26.1 square miles (68 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2), or 0.76%, is water. The community is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. In 1671, Stratford purchased from the Paugusset Indians the territory which included the remainder of the northern portions of Monroe, Trumbull and Shelton, in what is known as "The White Hills Purchase", and officially annexed it to the Township of Stratford. Joseph Judson, Captain Joseph Hawley and John Minor secured all the written deeds of transfer from the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation for this vast territory that comprises the present-day towns of Trumbull, Shelton and Monroe.
On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory 12 miles (19 km) inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line, to include the southern portion of present-day Monroe. Monroe is largely considered a bedroom community of New York City, New Haven, and Bridgeport. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. The population was 18,825 at the 2020 census. Monroe is a town located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
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