Vona, Colorado
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Vona, Colorado | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: Location within Kit Carson County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 39°18′10″N 102°44′39″W / 39.30278°N 102.74417°WCoordinates: 39°18′10″N 102°44′39″W / 39.30278°N 102.74417°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County[2] | Kit Carson |
| Incorporated | August 9, 1919[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 95 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 80861 |
| Area code | 719, 970 |
| FIPS code | Template:FIPS [1] |
| GNIS ID | 195120 [1] |
Vona is a statutory town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.[1] The population was 95 at the 2020 census.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]Vona was named after Vona, the niece of an attorney from Burlington by the name of Pearl S. King.[6] In 1936, a fire destroyed half of Vona's business district.[7][8]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Vona is located at 39°18′10″N 102°44′39″W / 39.302695°N 102.744111°W.[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Transportation
[edit | edit source]Interstate 70 passes just south of Vona. The Vona exit from I-70 is exit 412. U.S. Highway 24 runs just north of the interstate, from Seibert through Vona, Stratton and Bethune to Burlington.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Template:Cite gnis2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Census Bureau. "Vona town; Colorado". Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ↑ Bright, William (2004). Colorado place names (3rd ed.). Boulder: Johnson Books. p. 182. ISBN 1555663338.
- ↑ "Vona, Colorado". www.thearmchairexplorer.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Vona - Colorado Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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