sentences:  The St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area, which preserves some of the bottomland hardwood forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies just west of Monette along the St. Francis River.As of the census of 2009, there were 1,247 people,529 households, and 321 families residing in the city.The population density was 721.8 people per square mile (279.3/km²).