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Monmouth, city, United StatesMonmouth, city (1990 pop. 9,489), seat of Warren co., W Ill.; inc. 1852. Located in a farm area, it is a trade center with a packing plant. Manufactures include pottery, farm tools, and feed. Monmouth College is in the city. Wyatt Earp Earp, Wyatt Berry Stapp (ûrp), 1848–1929, law officer, gambler, and gunfighter of the American West, b. Monmouth, Ill...... Click the link for more information. was born there. Monmouth, town, WalesMonmouth, Welsh Trefynwy, town (1981 pop. 7,379), Monmouthshire, SE Wales, at the junction of the Monnow and Wye rivers. The town is a popular tourist and agricultural center with flourishing cattle and produce markets. Industries include food processing and paper manufacture. Fishing is also an activity. Remains of a 12th-century castle (in which Henry V was born), a Norman church, and an old bridge (1272) over the Monnow are there. Monmouth School for boys was founded in 1614. A local museum commemorates Admiral Horatio Nelson Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805, British admiral. The most famous of Britain's naval heroes, he is commemorated by the celebrated Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square, London...... Click the link for more information. 's numerous connections with the town. Monmouth1 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth. 1649--85, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England, he led a rebellion against James II in support of his own claim to the Crown; captured and beheaded Monmouth2 a market town in E Wales, in Monmouthshire: Norman castle, where Henry V was born in 1387. Pop.: 8547 (2001) |
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