Mona, Iowa

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

Mona, Iowa
Census-designated place
Mona
Coordinates: 43°29′14″N 92°56′29″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyMitchell
Area
[1]
 • Total2.27 sq mi (5.89 km2)
 • Land2.27 sq mi (5.89 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,165 ft (355 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total35
 • Density15.38/sq mi (5.94/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)641
GNIS feature ID459167[2]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
202035—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History
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.[5]

Mona had one school building, with an enrollment of 56 students, with two teachers, in 1917.[5]

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.[5]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. "Mona". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1953085
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. 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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