Editing Monticello, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Monticello was [[plat]]ted in 1854.<ref name="Upham 588">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog |title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |last=Upham |first=Warren |year=1920 |page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n605 588]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Monticello since 1855.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wright |title=Wright County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=August 1, 2015}}</ref> Monticello was incorporated in 1856.<ref name="Upham 588" /> The nearby village of Moritzious merged with Monticello in 1891.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/generallawsstat16statgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/generallawsstat16statgoog/page/n835 733] |quote=Moritzious mn. |title=General Laws of the State of Minnesota |publisher=Earle S. Goodrich, State Printer |author1=Minnesota |year=1891}}</ref>

In 1971, the Monticello Nuclear Plant began operation.

In May 2006, the Monticello Middle School had an electrical fire from the large amount of rain settling on the roof. The smoke damage to the school caused the school to be closed for the rest of the school year.  As a result, middle school and high school students had to share usage of the high school building on an alternate-day schedule.  The school year did not get extended, and the clean-up was completed in time for the 2006–07 school year. [http://www.monticellotimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=76&ArticleID=13392&TM=85947.91]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} [http://www.monticellotimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=76&ArticleID=13448&TM=85947.91]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}