The City of Monticello is a vibrant community, proud of its rich heritage, excited about its recent growth and development, and eagerly looking forward to the challenges of this new century.

Monticello was founded in 1856 by second-generation Americans who migrated west in the mid 1800's and found the shallow banks of the Mississippi a natural place for settlement.

The City of Monticello is now a rapidly growing city of 10,000 located on Interstate 94 between the Minneapolis/St Paul Metro area and the City of St. Cloud