Avon, Missouri

Avon is an unincorporated community located in Saline Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.[2] Avon is located 20 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve.[3][1]

Avon, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′05″N 90°13′24″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountySainte Genevieve
TownshipSaline
Elevation
730 ft (222.5[1] m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
63670
Area code(s)573
FIPS code29-02782
GNIS feature ID713512

Etymology

Although the derivation of Avon's name is unknown, an admirer of Shakespeare may have chosen it, taking it from Shakespeare’s hometown Stratford-upon-Avon.[3]

History

Avon was first established as a lead mining camp, using furnaces to process the lead.[4][5] A post office was in operation in Avon between 1849 and 1928.[6]

References
  1. "Avon (Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri): Summarized Details". RoadsideThoughts. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avon, Missouri
  3. "Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 - The State Historical Society of Missouri". The State Historical Society of Missouri. 2015-07-01. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  4. William Franklin Switzler; Robert Allen Campbell; Alban Jasper Conant; George Clinton Swallow (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri, from 1541 to 1877". C. R. Barns: 562. avon. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. 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". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Missouri Postal History "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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