Fortuna, Missouri
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|subdivision_name2 = Moniteau
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|area_total_km2 = 0.51
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|population_density_sq_mi = 656.57
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Fortuna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130.
History
A post office called Fortuna has been in operation since 1882.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Moniteau |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=10 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110173120/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Moniteau |archivedate=10 November 2016 }} The community was named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1917 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n106 333]}}
Geography
Fortuna is in western Moniteau County and is bordered to the southwest by Morgan County. Missouri Route 5 passes through the community, leading north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Tipton and south {{convert|11|mi|0}} to Versailles. California, the Moniteau county seat, is {{convert|17|mi}} to the northeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fortuna CDP has an area of {{convert|0.20|sqmi|2}}, all land. 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.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Moniteau County, Missouri}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Moniteau County, Missouri
Category:Unincorporated communities in Moniteau County, Missouri
Category:Jefferson City metropolitan area
Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri
Category:Census-designated places in Missouri
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