Get an ADT-Monitored Home Security System in Monmouth, Illinois

Monmouth is a city in and the county chair of Warren County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,902 at the 2020 census, down from 9,444 in 2010. It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground. It is the host of the Prime Beef festival, held annually the week after Labor Day. The festival is kicked off as soon as one of the largest parades in Western Illinois. Monmouth is then known regionally as the “Maple City”. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The town received in 1831 was originally going to be called Kosciusko (the pronounce was drawn out of a hat), but the founders of the town feared that it would be hard to spell and pronounce. The name ‘Monmouth’ was put dispatch by a resident who had lived in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

In 1841, Latter Day Saint hobby founder Joseph Smith appeared past Judge Stephen A. Douglas in an extradition hearing held at Monmouth’s Warren County courthouse. The hearing, which was to determine whether Smith should be returned to Missouri to direction murder charges, resulted in freedom for the defendant, as it was positive that his arrest had been invalid. Attorney Orville Browning, who would agree to Douglas’s Senate seat following his death, represented Smith.