Monnett City Hall is located at 217 5th Street, Monett Missouri, 65708.
Phone: 417-235-3763.
Monett is located at the center of and along the county line ofBarry and Lawrence Counties, 42 miles southwest of Joplin, 180 miles south of Kansas City, and 265 miles southwest of St. Louis. Its location is easily accessible to Table Rock Lake. U.S. Highway 60 and State Highway 37 intersect at Monett. Two interchanges on Interstate 44 are within J 5 miles of Monett.
In its early days all ofMonett's development was in Barry County. It served as a trading and retail center for the surrounding agricultural area. By 1890, the City had a population of 1,700. During the next ten years, the City's population almost doubled: at no other time in its history has its population increased so rapidly. This impetus for growth was caused by Frisco Railway establishing its main division point in Monett. From 1900 to 1950, Monett continued to be primarily a railway division point. It was during the decade from 1950 to 1960 that the character of the City began to change. The decline in railroad activity made it necessary for the Frisco Railway to curtail its operations in Monett, including its designation as a division point.
Efforts by community leaders were successful in attracting a very diversified and stable industrial base to locate in the City. The efforts thirty years ago was the foundation of the strong industrial base the City enjoys today. Had vision and community efforts not been exerted in the 1950's and 60's the City could have easily declined like many railroad communities. Today, Monett enjoys one of the strongest industrial bases as any community in the State. The current industrial base is responsible for the creation of nearly 1,000 new jobs since 1990. All of this growth came from expansion of existing businesses. No new industry located in the City to cause such large growth.
† City of Monett, Comprehensive Plan Update, 2009, www.cityofmonett.com, accessed June, 2023.