Avon, Missouri

Avon, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′05″N 90°13′24″W / 37.75139°N 90.22333°W / 37.75139; -90.22333Coordinates: 37°45′05″N 90°13′24″W / 37.75139°N 90.22333°W / 37.75139; -90.22333
Country United States
State Missouri
County Sainte Genevieve
Township Saline
Elevation 730 ft (222.5[1] m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 63670
Area code(s) 573
FIPS code 29-02782[2]
GNIS feature ID 713512[3]

Avon is an unincorporated community located in Saline Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri.[4] Avon is located 20 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.[5][6]

Name

Although it is not known where the name derives from, an admirer of William Shakespeare may have chosen the name, taking it from Shakespeare’s hometown Stratford upon Avon.[7]

History

Avon’s was established as a lead mining camp, using furnaces to process the lead.[8][9] A post office was in operation in Avon between 1849 and 1928.[10]

References

  1. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  2. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  3. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avon, Missouri
  5. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  6. ↑ Roadside.Thoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  7. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  8. ↑ William Franklin Switzler; Robert Allen Campbell; Alban Jasper Conant; George Clinton Swallow (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri, from 1541 to 1877".
  9. ↑ Robert Allen Campbell (1874). "Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri: From Articles Contributed by Prominent Gentlemen in Each County of the State, and Information Collected and Collated from Official and Other Authentic Sources".
  10. ↑ Missouri Postal History "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
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