Monticello

Carved out of timber and prairie and surrounded by fields of soybeans and corn, Monticello was founded in 1822 and named after Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate. Monticello, a National Main Street Community, boasts an intriguing history as one of the patent medicine capitals of the world and features elegant streets full of wide-lawned mansions, such as State Street, nicknamed Millionaires' Row. The impressive courthouse is ringed with brick buildings from the late 1800s. The Allerton esta...