

Religion has been a significant aspect of Monroe County’s vitality — a place where a multitude of houses of worship, representing a variety of faiths, are sprinkled across the map. In addition to regular services, the majority of the area’s houses of worship offer congregations a mid-week family service that more often than not, includes an informal dinner. The county’s places of faith are evidence of the area’s deep history, with a number representing some of Monroe County’s oldest and most impressively preserved structures.