Bona, Missouri

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Bona is an unincorporated community in northeastern Dade County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located at the intersection of Routes 215 and 245, approximately fourteen miles northeast of Greenfield. It is situated near Stockton Lake.

A post office called Bona was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1911. [2] The community was named by postal officials. [3]

Today, the community is home to the Bona Church of Christ and a cemetery, as well as a few residences. [4] The Bona school was located about a mile north of the main body of the community. (Missouri Annual Reports of Public Schools, 1932, page 391) It once featured a two-year "Job" high school, but was consolidated with the Dadeville C-2 School District in the 1950s to form the current Dadeville R-II School District. [5]

The most common local pronunciation of "Bona" sounds like "Bonnie," although in recent years there has also been a trend toward a pronunciation sounding like "Bonna." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bona, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dade County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Dadeville Annual July 4th Parade," page 1, The Vedette, Greenfield, Mo. July 9, 2019
  5. ↑ Missouri Annual Reports of Public Schools, 1953, page 33
  6. ↑ "Dadeville Annual July 4th Parade," page 1, The Vedette, Greenfield, Mo. July 9, 2019

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