About La Monte

The city is located at the intersection of Highway 50 and Missouri Route 127.

Knob Noster State Park - 11mins West

State Fair Community College (SFCC) - 15mins East
University of Central Missouri (UCM) - 20mins West

Harry S. Truman Reservoir - 56mins South

Population: 1,029 (ACS 2022).
Ethnicity: 53% Hispanic, 43% White, and 1% Islander (ACS 2022).

Our history

"The first settlement of the township was made in 1832, or about one year before the organization of the county, by Mr & Mrs R Craighead" (MOGenWeb Project). In 1866, La Monte was originally called Boomer. La Monte received its current name from a postmaster in 1870 (The State Historical Society of Missouri). The same year the railroad was extended to come through town (The State Historical Society of Missouri). "This township, in the town of La Monte, has the only first class high school in the county, outside the city of Sedalia, and the inhabitants are proud of the accomplishments of the institution" (MOGenWeb Project).

Click this link to read about the beginning of the township of La Monte.

Additional information can be found at:
*Pettis County Historical Society Museum.
*Johnson County Historical Society.