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Monroe County is a Monroe on the southeastern Monroe of the U. As of the censusthe population was 44, During the Monroe part of the 18th century, the Cherokee Nation occupied territory and established towns extending through much of what is now described as the Upper and Deep South. English colonists and European Americans tended to refer to these areas by geography: Lower Towns, Upper Towns and the Overhill Townsranging from the Piedmont of the Monroe, to across the Appalachian Mountains in present-day Tennessee, and down into northeastern Georgia.

Later the Cherokee expanded into western Georgia and what developed as Alabama. These included ChotaTanasi the name source of "Tennessee" and Great Tellicowhich at various times were each considered the Cherokee principal town.

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Archaeological excavations at the Citico site suggest the area was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers. Artifacts uncovered from the Icehouse Bottom site near Vonore Monre to as early as B. They are believed to have migrated south from the Great Lakes area approximately in CE. Theirs is an Iroquoian languageand most Monroe Iroquoian tribes have historically been in the Monroe Lakes area, but the Tuscarora people of the Carolinas also spoke an Iroquoian language.

After relations soured between the British and Cherokee inthe Cherokee laid siege to the fort, Monroe killed most of its garrison. Monroe County Monroe established in after the signing of the Calhoun Treaty, in which the Cherokee ceded claims to lands stretching from the Little Tennessee River south to the Hiwassee River. The county was named for President James Monroe.

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Some of the state's first gold mines were located in Monroe County. Placer mining took place on Coker Creek near Tellico Plains in the early s. Monroe County was one of the few East Tennessee counties to support secession at the outbreak of the American Civil War. On June 8,Monroe county voted in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance Monroe Secession by a margin of 1, to In the early 20th century, the Babcock Lumber Company conducted extensive logging operations in the Tellico Plains area.

During the same period, the Aluminum Company of America began building a string of dams along the Little Tennessee, among them Calderwood, Santeetlah and Cheoahto power its aluminum smelting operations in nearby Alcoa. The last major project was the construction of Tellico Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authoritycompleted inwhich Monroe for flood control, hydroelectric power, and Monroe related to the large Tellico Reservoir. This water body was created in the lower 33 miles of the Little Tennessee River. Although the project had been opposed by many residents in the county, where several communities were abandoned before the flooding Monroe owners relocated, others supported the project.

In addition, the project was found to threaten an endangered species, and the snail darter Monroe delayed completion of the dam for some time. The TVA project has Monroe numerous new economic and recreational opportunities. According to the U. Three artificial lakes— Tellico LakeChilhowee Lake and Calderwood Lake — were developed in this section of Monroe river. The Tellico Rivera tributary of the Little Tennessee, drains much of the southwestern part of the county. As of the United States Census[16] there were 44, people and 20, housing units residing in the county.

The population density was The racial makeup of the county was Those of Hispanic or Latino Monroe were 3. As of the census [17] ofthere were 38, people, 15, households, and 11, families residing in the county. There were 15, households, out of which The average Monroe size was 2.

Monroe In the county, the population was spread out, with The median age was 37 years. For every females there were For every females age 18 and over, there were Out of the total population, ]