Fortuna, Missouri

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Fortuna, Missouri
Census-designated place
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Fortuna post office
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Fortuna
Coordinates: 38°34′04″N92°47′49″W / 38.56778°N 92.79694°W / 38.56778; -92.79694
Country United States
State Missouri
County Moniteau
Area
[1]
 • Total0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2)
 • Land0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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968 ft (295 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total130
 • Density656.57/sq mi (253.98/km2)
ZIP Code
65034
FIPS code 29-25300
GNIS feature ID2804681 [2]

Fortuna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 130. [3]

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History

A post office called Fortuna has been in operation since 1882. [4] The community was named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune. [5]

Geography

Fortuna is in western Moniteau County and is bordered to the southwest by Morgan County. Missouri Route 5 passes through the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Tipton and south 11 miles (18 km) to Versailles. California, the Moniteau county seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the northeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fortuna CDP has an area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all land. [1] The town sits on a ridge which drains southeast to the Straight Fork of North Moreau Creek and northwest to Little Richland Creek. North Moreau Creek is an east-flowing tributary of the Moreau River, which joins the Missouri River near Jefferson City, while Little Richland Creek is a northwest-flowing tributary of the Lamine River, which runs north to the Missouri west of Boonville.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 130—
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "P1. Race – Fortuna CDP, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  333.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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