| Official Name: | Fortuna, Missouri |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Fortuna |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Moniteau |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.51 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.51 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.20 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.20 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 130 |
| Population Density Km2: | 253.98 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 656.57 |
| Elevation Ft: | 968 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 65034 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 29-25300 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2804681 |
Fortuna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130.[2]
A post office called Fortuna has been in operation since 1882.[3] The community was named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune.[4]
Fortuna is in western Moniteau County and is bordered to the southwest by Morgan County. Missouri Route 5 passes through the community, leading north 6miles to Tipton and south 11miles to Versailles. California, the Moniteau county seat, is to the northeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fortuna CDP has an area of 0.2sqmi, all land.[1] The town sits on a ridge which drains southeast to the Straight Fork of North Moreau Creek and northwest to Little Richland Creek. North Moreau Creek is an east-flowing tributary of the Moreau River, which joins the Missouri River near Jefferson City, while Little Richland Creek is a northwest-flowing tributary of the Lamine River, which runs north to the Missouri west of Boonville.