Pomona, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Pomona, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Pomona
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Howell
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:9.25
Area Land Km2:9.24
Area Water Km2:0.01
Area Total Sq Mi:3.57
Area Land Sq Mi:3.57
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:440
Population Density Km2:47.62
Population Density Sq Mi:123.35
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1247
Coordinates:36.8672°N -91.9142°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65789[2]
Area Code:417
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-58934
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587105

Pomona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is located midway between Willow Springs and West Plains. As of the 2010 census, Pomona had a population of 511.[3]

A post office called Pomona has been in operation since 1895.[4] The community was named for Pomona,[5] the Roman goddess of fruit trees; this area was a major producer of apples.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. August 28, 2022.
  2. Web site: Pomona MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Pomona CDP, Missouri. American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. August 21, 2017. https://archive.today/20200213113220/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2958934. February 13, 2020. dead.
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 10 October 2016.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 176.
  6. Web site: Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 10 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071834/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_howell.html. 24 June 2016.