Vona, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
Subdivision Name2: | Kit Carson County |
Government Type: | Statutory Town |
Established Title3: | Incorporated |
Established Date3: | August 9, 1919[2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.57 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.57 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population Total: | 95 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 39.3028°N -102.7442°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [5] |
Elevation M: | 1376 |
Elevation Ft: | 4514 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 80861 |
Area Code: | 719/970 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 08-81690 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0195120 |
Vona is a statutory town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census.
Vona was named after Vona, the niece of an attorney from Burlington by the name of Pearl S. King.[6] In 1936, a fire destroyed half of Vona's business district.[7] [8]
Vona is located at 39.3027°N -102.7441°W.[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2sqmi, all of it land.
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.