United States, Georgia, Monroe County, 33.01408, -83.91872Cooksey, Elizabeth B.2006-06-22Encyclopedia article about Monroe County. Located in west central Georgia about fifty miles south of Atlanta and twenty-five miles north of Macon, it is the state's fiftieth county and was named for James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. Creek Indians held the land until 1821, when they surrendered it in the treaty resulting from their defeat at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Portions of Monroe County later went to the formation of Bibb, Butts, Lamar, and Pike counties.engForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia EncyclopediaCounties--GeorgiaMonroe County (Ga.)Monroe CountyText