Monticello, Indiana City of Monticello Monticello (/m nt s lo /) is a town/city in Union Township, White County, Indiana, United States. The populace was 5,378 at the 2010 census.
Monticello is known as a tourist destination in north-central Indiana and is home to the Indiana Beach amusement park, Lake Shafer, and Lake Freeman.
According to the 2010 census, Monticello has a total region of 3.686 square miles (9.55 km2), of which 3.47 square miles (8.99 km2) (or 94.14%) is territory and 0.216 square miles (0.56 km2) (or 5.86%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,378 citizens , 2,179 homeholds, and 1,319 families residing in the city.
There were 2,457 housing units at an average density of 708.1 per square mile (273.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.8% White or European American, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 5.5% from other competitions, and 2.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,179 homeholds of which 31.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.5% were non-families.
34.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 40.4 years.
24% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 21.1% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,723 citizens , 2,268 homeholds, and 1,417 families residing in the city.
There were 2,414 housing units at an average density of 863.8 per square mile (334.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.39% White, 0.28% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.96% from other competitions, and 1.40% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,268 homeholds out of which 29.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families.
32.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,537, and the median income for a family was $42,831.
About 4.8% of families and 8.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.
Monticello was laid out in 1834 as the county seat, with a postal service established that year, and is still presently in operation. The town/city was titled after President Thomas Jefferson's estate in Virginia. Monticello, Indiana sustained serious damage by a tornado on April 3, 1974, part of the 1974 Super Outbreak that caused death and destruction athwart the midwest and south. The aftermath of this storm is recorded in the Herald Journal's book, Killer Tornado.
This storm killed eight citizens and was part of tornado family that killed 18, causing an estimated $100 million in damage. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, news outlets reported three hundred deaths athwart the United States and the creation of temporary morgues. The small-town paper said the aftermath was similar to a World War II bombing.
The blaze was large enough to require firefighters from seven encircling communities to battle it and needed approximately "3000 gallons of water per minute for the first three hours of the blaze." While such a fire might not be a big event for a larger city, it had a profound impact on Monticello, as Jordan Manufacturing was one of the several manufacturing plants left in the town/city after a recession in the 2000s.
The Monticello Carnegie Library, James Culbertson Reynolds House, and South Grade School Building are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Twin Lakes School Corporation is the school fitness in Monticello.
The Schools are Eastlawn (elementary), Oaklawn (elementary), Meadowlawn (elementary), Roosevelt Middle School, and Twin Lakes High School.
Monticello's locale between Lakes Shafer and Freeman and the adjacency of Indiana Beach allow for a grow tourism trade that plays a momentous part in the city's economy.
Monticello is home to one of the several surviving drive-in movie theaters in Indiana, the Lake Shore Drive-In.
The lakes and campgrounds are prominent tourist destinations, but the most well-known is Indiana Beach, an amusement park on Lake Shafer.
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