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MONROE COUNTY PLACES Compiled and Submitted by Michelle Barbeau Chausse |
| CURRENT NAME | PREVIOUS NAME (S) |
| Ames | Yankeetown |
| Burksville | Corne de Carl |
| Columbia | Originally called L'Aigle by the French, then Eagle |
| Fults | At one time called Brownsburg or Braunsburg |
| Harrisonville | Has been known as Brashear's Fort, Carthage, and Walnut Grove |
| Hecker | Originally known as Freedom |
| Madonnaville | Originally James Settlement, then James Mill |
| Maeystown | Originally McRoberts' Meadow, then Maeysville, then Maeystown |
| Mitchie | Was once known as Hardscrabble |
| Modoc | Originally Brewersville |
| Monroe City | First called James' Mill, then Noser's Mill when the mill changed hands. Later it became Monrovia, then Woodville and finally Monroe City. |
| Prarie du Long | Originally named Winstanley Settlement |
| Renault | Originally Belfordville, then Glasgow City, then Renault |
| Tipton | Cambria Station, then Tipperary, then Tiptown, and now Tipton |
| Valmeyer | Named after a German named Meyer, "Valley of the Meyers" |
| Wartburg | Has been called Beaver Pond |
| Waterloo | The south portion was named Belle Fontaine by the early French for the beautiful spring that flows through it. The north portion was named Peterstown, for Peter Rogers. They were separated by Fountain Creek, which flowed between. There was intense rivalry between the two settlements. Legend has it that in 1818 (long before the emigration of the Germans) an Irishman built his house on one side of the creek and his barn on the other. He supposedly said "It won't be Belle Fontaine and it won't be Peterstown, but begorra, I'll give ye both your Waterloo." The name stuck. |