Pomona, Missouri

Census-designated place in Missouri, United States

36°52′2″N 91°54′51″W / 36.86722°N 91.91417°W / 36.86722; -91.91417CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyHowellArea

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• Total3.57 sq mi (9.25 km²) • Land3.57 sq mi (9.24 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)Elevation

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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)ZIP code

65789^[3]

Area code417FIPS code29-58934^[4]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.^[4]

A post office called Pomona has been in operation since 1895.^[5] The community was named for Pomona,^[6] the Roman goddess of fruit trees; this area was a major producer of apples.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	440		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pomona, Missouri
^ "Pomona MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ ^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.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 176.
^ "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)
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.