Monroe (Connecticut)

Monroe is a town of 20,000 people (2017) in Fairfield County. Monroe is largely considered a bedroom community of New York City, New Haven, and Bridgeport.

Understand
The community is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States.

By car

 * Connecticut Route 25, Main Street, starts in Brookfield/Danbury and runs to Bridgeport. From Brookfield through Monroe, it is a 2-lane road, and just over the Monroe-Trumbull border within Trumbull, it becomes a 6-lane freeway which connects to Interstate 95.
 * Connecticut Route 34 begins in Newtown and ends in New Haven, where it connects with I-91 and I-95.
 * Connecticut Route 59 begins at its intersection with Route 25 in Monroe and travels south through Easton and Fairfield, where it ends in Bridgeport.
 * Connecticut Route 110 begins in Monroe at its intersection with Route 111, then travels through Shelton before ending in Stratford.
 * Connecticut Route 111, Monroe Turnpike, begins at its intersection with Route 34 in Monroe and runs south to Trumbull, where it terminates just north of Bridgeport at the Merritt Parkway.

By bus
Monroe is serviced only by Route 19X of the Greater Bridgeport Transit System.

By plane
Monroe is approximately 70 miles from two airports.





Locations on the National Register of Historic Places




Events

 * Memorial Day Parade up CT 111, annually
 * Monroe Congregational Church’s Strawberry Festival, annually in mid-late June
 * Monroe Farmers' Market, Fridays 3–6PM from mid-June through late October
 * Monroe Volunteer Fire Department's Carnival, annually in early July
 * St. Jude's Italian Festival, annually in late August

Buy

 * Benedict's Home & Garden
 * Maria & Peter Warren Antiques
 * Mustard Seed Thrift Shoppe
 * Pondview Farm

Go next

 * Trumbull
 * Newtown (Connecticut)


 * Greater New Haven