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Monroe is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 39,912 at the 2010 census. The town is named after President James Monroe. The Town of Monroe is run by Supervisor Harley E. Doles III & The Village of Monroe is run by Mayor James Purcell. The Town of Monroe contains three villages: Monroe and Kiryas Joel, as well as the majority of the Village of Harriman, which it shares with the Town of Woodbury. The town is also home to the original Velveeta Cheese factory, which, now tightly located next to TMACC (Town of Monroe Arts and Civics Center) in the Town, stands as a historic landmark as the small building that started the now popular "cheese food". ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55.1 km²), of which, 20.1 square miles (52.0 km²) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) of it (5.55%) is water. The town is located in the Southern Region of the county, bordered on the northwest by the Town of Chester, on the north by the Town of Blooming Grove, on the east by the Town of Woodbury, on the south by the Town of Tuxedo, and on the southwest by the Town of Warwick. NY-17 (future I-86) combined with U.S. Highway 6 NY-17M passes through Monroe village. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monroe, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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