THE MONROE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated Upper Muskingum Basin setting.
Monroe township has 25 square miles of land in Guernsey County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated Upper Muskingum Basin, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Monroe and Guernsey County
Monroe is associated with Guernsey County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Monroe by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Monroe, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Guernsey County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Monroe township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Jefferson township (22.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

