Vona, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 39°18′10″N 102°44′39″W / 39.30278°N 102.74417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County [1] | Kit Carson County |
Incorporated | August 9, 1919 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) |
• Land | 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 4,514 ft (1,376 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 95 |
• Density | 430/sq mi (170/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 ( MDT) |
ZIP code | 80861 |
Area code | 719/ 970 |
FIPS code | 08-81690 |
GNIS feature ID | 0195120 |
Vona is a statutory town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census. [5]
Vona was named after Vona, the niece of an attorney from Burlington by the name of Pearl S. King. [6]
Vona is located at 39°18′10″N 102°44′39″W / 39.302695°N 102.744111°W. [7]
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.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1920 | 268 | — | |
1930 | 183 | −31.7% | |
1940 | 226 | 23.5% | |
1950 | 209 | −7.5% | |
1960 | 130 | −37.8% | |
1970 | 114 | −12.3% | |
1980 | 94 | −17.5% | |
1990 | 104 | 10.6% | |
2000 | 95 | −8.7% | |
2010 | 106 | 11.6% | |
2020 | 95 | −10.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
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.