Fortuna, Missouri

Fortuna is a small city in western Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located 12 miles (19 km) southwest of California on Route 5.

post office

A post office called Fortuna has been in operation since 1882.[2] The community was named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fortuna, Missouri
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 333.



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