Mona, Iowa

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Mona, Iowa
Census-designated place
Mona is located in Iowa
Mona
Mona
Coordinates: 43°29′14″N 92°56′29″W / 43.48722°N 92.94139°W / 43.48722; -92.94139Coordinates: 43°29′14″N 92°56′29″W / 43.48722°N 92.94139°W / 43.48722; -92.94139
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyMitchell
Area
[1]
 • Total1.491 sq mi (3.86 km2)
 • Land1.491 sq mi (3.86 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,165 ft (355 m)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total34
 • Density23/sq mi (8.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)641
GNIS feature ID459167[2]

Mona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 Census the population of Mona was 34.[3] Mona is located in the northern portion of Mitchell County, one mile south of the Minnesota border, along U.S. Route 218

History[]

Mona, Iowa
Main Street, Mona, Iowa, 1869. The building on the left is most likely a community-housing unit

Mona got its start in the year 1869, following construction of the Illinois Central Railroad through that territory. Mona was platted May 30, 1870, in sections 11 and 14, by Mary C. Agard, Benjamin Agard, Edward Gregory, and Charles Gregory.[4]

Mona had one school building, with an enrollment of 56 students, with two teachers, in 1917.[4]

Around that time, Mona had begun to decline in importance when most railroading business had been transferred to Lyle, Minnesota, across the Iowa-Minnesota border.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Iowa". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mona". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ^ https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1953085
  4. ^ a b c Clyde, Jefferson F. (1918). History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 25–26, 63, 198, 225.


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