Mona is an

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and

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in Mitchell County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 Census the population of Mona was 34.
/ref> Mona is located in the northern portion of Mitchell County, one mile south of the

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border, along U.S. Route 218

Demographics

History

Mona got its start in the year 1869, following construction of the

Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central Railroad , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. A line also co ...

through that territory. Mona was

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ted May 30, 1870, in sections 11 and 14, by Mary C. Agard, Benjamin Agard, Edward Gregory, and Charles Gregory. Mona had one school building, with an enrollment of 56 students, with two teachers, in 1917. Around that time, Mona had begun to decline in importance when most railroading business had been transferred to

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, across the Iowa-Minnesota border.

References

Unincorporated communities in Mitchell County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{MitchellCountyIA-geo-stub