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Welcome to Mona ...

So far, we found very little information about Mona. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mona to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mona, please Contact Us.

Mona would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mona is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Mona was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Mona (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Codes where Mona was located: 256 & 938<4>

Communities Also Named Mona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Mona: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Fayette County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 9 communities that are also named Mona - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mona.

Communities near Mona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mona.

  • Jacksonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Piedmont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Centre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cave Spring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Leesburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Etna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
  • Sand Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mona. See our Newspapers Page for Mona.

Adding Mona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mona in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mona post office opened in 1898. The Mona post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mona.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Mona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Mona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/