Vona, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Coordinates: | 39.3028°N -102.7442°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
Subdivision Name2: | Kit Carson |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Platted |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | August 9, 1919[2] |
Government Type: | Statutory Town |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.22 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.57 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.57 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 4505 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 95 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | MST |
Utc Offset1: | −7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −6 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 80861 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 719, 970 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank1 Info: | 195120 |
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.[5] In 1936, a fire destroyed half of Vona's business district.[6] [7]
Vona is located at 39.3027°N -102.7441°W.[8]
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.