Fortuna, Missouri

Fortuna is a census-designated place in western Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.[3]

Fortuna, Missouri
post office
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyMoniteau
Area
  Total0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2)
  Land0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total130
  Density656.57/sq mi (253.98/km2)
FIPS code29-25300
GNIS feature ID718113[2]

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

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020130
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Missouri
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Missouri
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 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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