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 / 36.86722°N 91.91417°W / 36.86722; -91.91417
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]

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]

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. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomona, Missouri
  3. ^ a b "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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