Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 686. Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships: Lewis County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south. No municipalities are located in Monroe Township. Monroe Township was organized in 1817. It is named for James Monroe. It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered
James Monroe Family Home Site James Monroe Family Home Site James Monroe Family Home Site, also known as James Monroe's Birthplace, is a historic archaeological site located near Oak Grove and Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site includes the ruins of the Monroe Family Home and birthplace of President James Monroe (1758-1831), which were uncovered in 1976, by a team from the College of William & Mary. Monroe spent his entire youth working the farm until he left for his education at the College of William & Mary. The archaeological team uncovered a house foundation measuring 20 feet by 58 feet. The known 1845