Monitor, Washington
Unincorporated community in Chelan County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Monitor
Monitor is a small unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington, United States. It is situated along the Wenatchee River about 8 miles upstream from its junction with the Columbia River in the fertile Wenatchee Valley.
Monitor is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The USPS ZIP Code for Monitor is 98836. According to data from the 2000 census, the total population in the Monitor ZIP code was 342 persons. Monitor itself is not incorporated, and is not tracked by the Census.
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How Monitor is governed
Monitor appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Chelan County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Monitor does have local officials.
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Residents of Monitor
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
Before the existence of Monitor, the area was known by settlers as Brown's Flat, named after Reuben Brown who settled there in 1885. In these days, the Wenatchee River formed the boundary between old Kittitas and Okanogan counties. At the site of Monitor a school was built to serve school districts on both sides of the river.
The Great Northern Railway passed through in 1892, causing little stir in the area but jump-starting the construction of the Peshastin irrigation ditch, which would bring water the area and make it a prime place for agriculture. Constructed piecemeal by local contractors and land-owners, the portion of the ditch dug through Monitor was by rancher James Weythman and the Brown Brothers. The ditch was completed in the early 1900s and local orchards thrived. Monitor emerged as an agricultural shipping point along the railroad and a small community grew around the warehouses. A post office was established in 1902 and the citizens chose to rename the community in honor of the Ironclad warship USS Monitor which fought for the Union navy in the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War. The town currently has a post office and several small businesses located along US 2, which bypasses Monitor on the north side of the Wenatchee River.
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