Mona, Iowa

Census-designated place in Iowa, United States
43°29′14″N 92°56′29″W / 43.48722°N 92.94139°W / 43.48722; -92.94139CountryUnited StatesStateIowaCountyMitchellArea • 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)[2]
 • Total35 • Density15.38/sq mi (5.94/km2)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Code
50472 (St. Ansgar)
Area code641GNIS feature ID459167[3]FIPS code18-53085

Mona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of Mona was 35.[2]

Mona school, now a residence

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 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]

Mona Lutheran Church

Geography

Mona is located in the northern portion of Mitchell County; the community's northern border is the Minnesota state line. The city of Lyle, Minnesota, abuts Mona to the north. U.S. Route 218 runs along the northeast edge of the community, leading south 8 miles (13 km) to St. Ansgar, the post office serving Mona, and 20 miles (32 km) to Osage, the Mitchell county seat. To the north US 218 leads 13 miles (21 km) to Austin, Minnesota.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mona CDP has an area of 2.28 square miles (5.91 km2), all land.[1] Otter Creek runs through the east side of the community, flowing southwest to the Cedar River at Otranto.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
201034
2020352.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "P1. Race – Mona CDP, Iowa: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Mona". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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