Monticello, MN

Monticello is a small town located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The population was 1,836 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hennepin County.

The first settlers arrived in 1855 and named the town after Monticello, Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson. The town was platted by A.W. Kempton and J.W. Clements and named for Monticello because it was near a railroad line that ran through the area. The first business in Monticello was a general store operated by James Waddell and his son-in-law, A.J. Brownlee. In 1872, Jens Christian Andersen opened a candy store on Main Street which became one of the town's most popular businesses for over fifty years.

Monticello is located in central Minnesota on Ulysses S Grant Highway (MN 61). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land except for 0 .06% or .04 acres which is water owned by Lake Harriet Regional Park adjacent to downtown Monticello..

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,836 people, 602 households, and 468 families residing in the town