Frohna, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Perry County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 192 (Change since 1990: +18.5%)
• Founded: 1839
• Name origin: Nieder-Frohna province, Germany

Geography

• Located at the intersection of Route A and Route C just west of Altenburg
• Latitude: 37°38'26" N   (+37.6406)
• Longitude: 89°37'09" W   (-89.6192)
• Civil township: Brazeau
• Land area: 0.59 square miles (375.4 acres)

As the crow flies, Frohna is...

• 2.2 miles W of Altenburg
• 2.3 miles SE of Brazeau
• 5.1 miles SW of Starland
• 5.2 miles W of Wittenberg
• 5.5 miles E of Uniontown
• 5.7 miles SE of Farrar
• 5.8 miles N of New Wells
• 5.9 miles NE of Old Appleton
• 6.4 miles N of Shawneetown
• 6.7 miles W of Grand Tower, IL
• 23.2 miles N of Cape Girardeau
• 75.0 miles SE of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named after the Nieder-Frohna area, a province of Saxony, Germany, where the Lutheran settlers emigrated from.

Timeline

1839

Frohna founded.

1946

Frohna incorporated.

Demographics