Colona
Green Rock | |
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| City of Colona | |
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 Location of Colona in Henry County, Illinois. | |
.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′32″N 90°20′56″W / 41.47556°N 90.34889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Henry |
| Township | East Moline |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.92 sq mi (10.16 km2) |
| • Land | 3.82 sq mi (9.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 5,045 |
| • Density | 1,300/sq mi (500/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61241 |
| Area code | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-15664 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Colona, Illinois |
| Website | www.ColonaIL.com |
Colona is a city in Henry County, Illinois, along the Green River. It is part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area. The population was 5,045 at the 2020 Census.[2]
The City of Colona was created in 1997 by the merger of the former City of Green Rock and the former Village of Colona.[3] It was the first community in Illinois to merge by popular vote.[4]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "About Colona". City of Colona. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Tourism/History". City of Colona. Archived from the original on March 26, 2006.