Monroe County, West Virginia

Monroe County
County
Monroe County Courthouse in Union Moncove Lake State Park Main Building at Sweet Springs Resort, designed by Thomas Jefferson. Indian Creek Covered Bridge Cook's Mill
Seal
Location of Monroe County in West Virginia
West Virginia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°34′N 80°32′W / 37.56°N 80.54°W / 37.56; -80.54
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Founded	January 14, 1799
Named for	James Monroe
Seat	Union
Largest town	Peterstown
Government
• County Commission President	Kevin Galford [1]
• County Commission	Kevin Mann Melvin Young
Area
• Total	1,230 km2 (474 sq mi)
• Land	1,230 km2 (473 sq mi)
• Water	2 km2 (0.9 sq mi)  0.2%
• Rank	20th
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,376
• Estimate  (2021)	12,332
• Rank	34th
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304, 681
Congressional district	1st
Senate district	10th
House of Delegates district	40th, 47th
Website	https://www.monroecountywv.gov/

Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,376.^[2] Its county seat is Union.^[3]

Monroe County was the home of Andrew Summers Rowan of Spanish–American War fame, who is immortalized in Elbert Hubbard's classic A Message to Garcia. The county was also the site of the 1928 discovery of the 34.48 carat (6.896 g) Jones Diamond by Grover C. Jones and William "Punch" Jones.

Monroe County celebrates its own holiday, Farmers' Day.