Editing Monroe City, Missouri (section)

==History==
Monroe City was [[plat]]ted in 1857, and named for its location within Monroe County.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_monroe.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070849/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_monroe.html | archive-date=June 24, 2016 | url-status=dead | title=Monroe County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | access-date=November 10, 2016 }}</ref> A post office called Monroe City has been in operation since 1860.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Monroe | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>

In 1907, Monroe City repealed its [[sundown town]] ordinance that it had set three weeks prior for [[Black people]] to return home by eight o'clock at night.<ref name="Oklahoman">{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1907 |orig-date=First published August 8, 1907 |title=Blacks Aroused by Curfew Law |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/900131197/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |location=Monroe City, Missouri |page=9 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During the time of the curfew, "Several, desiring to test the efficacy of the order, were severely beaten and chased to their homes."<ref name="Oklahoman" />

The [[Farmers and Merchants Bank Building (Monroe City, Missouri)|Farmers and Merchants Bank Building]], [[St. Jude's Episcopal Church]], and [[Washington School (Monroe City, Missouri)|Washington School]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120120.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-01-20|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/09/12 through 1/13/12 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>