City Government
In 1920 during the term of Town President, Joseph Smith, a petition was presented to Sevier County asking that Monroe be incorporated as a City. A vote was required for this to happen, so a date of January 24, 1920 was set for the election. This became a very hot topic among the citizens of Monroe; many were against it, afraid it would raise the taxes. But enough citizens were smart enough to think about the future and voted in favor of incorporating. On June 3, 1921 the town was incorporated as a City with Joseph Smith staying in office as Mayor of Monroe City.
The Following is a list of City leadership up to the present time -
Population led by LDS Church 1864 - 1865 Wiley T. Allred Presiding Elders 1865 - 1867 Fred Olsen Monroe Evacuated 1871 - 1873 Moses Gifford 1874 - 1877 James T. Lisonbee 1877 - 1885 Dennis L. Harris Bishops 1885 - 1888 Thomas Copper Monroe Town 1888 - 1890 Andrew Larsen Town Presidents 1891 - 1892 Thomas Hunt 1893 - 1894 Alma W. Bohman 1895 Thomas Hunt 1896 - 1899 Andrew Nilsson [Two Terms] 1900 - 1903 Joseph Smith [Two Terms] 1904 - 1907 Joseph Jensen [Two Terms] 1908 - 1909 C.A. Winget 1910 - 1911 H. E. Lisonbee 1912 - 1913 Heber Swindle 1914 - 1917 Austin Yergensen [Two Terms] 1918 - 1919 Joseph Smith [First Term] Monroe City 1920 - 1921 Joseph Smith [Second Term] Mayors 1922 - 1923 Fernando Erickson 1924 - 1925 Dan Washburn 1926 - 1927 John Webb 1928 - 1929 Glen Winget 1930 - 1933 Lucian Winget [Two Terms] 1934 - 1935 Vern Mortensen 1936 - 1939 C. A. White [Two Terms] 1940 - 1943 Rulon Melville [Two Terms] 1944 - 1945 Heber Winget 1946 - 1957 Calvert C. Bell [Four Terms] 1958 - 1962 Deleal Yergensen 1962 - 1965 Dayne Mathis 1966 - 1969 Calvert C. Bell 1970 - 1977 Norris Jensen [Two Terms] 1978 - 1981 Duane Nay 1982 - 1987 Myron Madsen [1.5 Term] 1988 - 1993 Ralph Okerlund [1.5 Term] 1994 - 1997 Robert K. Nilsson [First Term] 1998 - 2005 R. Craig Mathie [Two Terms] 2006 – Present Robert K. Nilsson [Second Term]
10 North Main Street
Monroe, UT 84754
(435) 527-4621
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City Halls
Once the City got piped water and electrical power they had to set up offices, so people could pay bills, etc. They acquired the old rock building, originally built by Walter Jones for a store, on the corner of 1st West and Center Street. This building still stands across the street from the Monroe Elementary School; it is pictured at left.
