Pomona, Missouri

Pomona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howell County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located midway between Willow Springs and West Plains. As of the 2010 census, Pomona had a population of 511.[3]

Pomona, Missouri
Census-designated place
Pomona is located in Missouri
Pomona
Pomona
Pomona is located in the United States
Pomona
Pomona
Coordinates: 36°52′2″N 91°54′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyHowell
Area
[1]
 • Total3.57 sq mi (9.25 km2)
 • Land3.57 sq mi (9.24 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,247 ft (380 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total440
 • Density123.35/sq mi (47.62/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code417
FIPS code29-58934[3]
GNIS feature ID2587105[2]

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]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020440—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomona, Missouri
  3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Pomona CDP, Missouri". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 176.
  6. "Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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