Monroe

Monroe is the smallest town in Franklin County and considered to be in the middle of nowhere.  It lies in the farthest northwestern corner of the county. It is sometimes called Monroe Bridge because once the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad were completed, crewmen were told to leave the town’s mailbags at the Monroe bridge. In 1888, the post office was established and was known as the Monroe Bridge Post Office.

Monroe also was home to a paper mill that employed a lot of the locals.  There was also a prison camp and nearly forty years after its abandonment, the Monroe camp is long since vanished virtually without a trace.  There is evidence saved of a few bits of concrete and metal refuse in a clearing in the woods.

The town's eastern border with Rowe is along the Deerfield River. It is bordered by Vermont to the north and the town of Florida to the south and west.