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we pass this GPS location for Avon:
34.074836, -94.322983
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Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 36 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Houston County
This Avon is located in Houston County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Avon.
California
Butte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Avon [Butte County].
Contra Costa County
This Avon is located in Contra Costa County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Avon.
Colorado
Eagle County
This Avon is located in Eagle County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Avon.
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Avon is located in Hartford County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Avon.
Idaho
Latah County
This Avon is located in Latah County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Avon.
Illinois
Fulton County
This Avon is located in Fulton County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Avon.
Indiana
Hendricks County
This Avon is located in Hendricks County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendricks County community of Avon.
Iowa
Polk County
This Avon is located in Polk County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the north of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Avon.
Kansas
Coffey County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avon [Coffey County].
Sumner County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avon [Sumner County].
Kentucky
Clark County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Avon [Clark County].
Fayette County
This Avon is located in Fayette County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Avon.
Maine
Franklin County
This Avon is located in Franklin County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Avon.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Avon is located in Norfolk County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Avon.
Michigan
Oakland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Avon [Oakland County].
Minnesota
Stearns County
This Avon is located in Stearns County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the north of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Avon.
Mississippi
Washington County
This Avon is located in Washington County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Avon.
Missouri
Cass County
This Avon is located in Cass County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the north of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Avon.
Clay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avon [Clay County].
Sainte Genevieve County
This Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Avon.
Montana
Powell County
This Avon is located in Powell County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powell County community of Avon.
New Brunswick
This Avon lies 1,695 miles [2,727.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
New Jersey
Monmouth County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Avon [Monmouth County].
New York
Livingston County
This Avon is located in Livingston County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Avon.
North Carolina
Dare County
This Avon is located in Dare County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<1> to the east of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dare County community of Avon.
Ohio
Lorain County
This Avon is located in Lorain County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Avon.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Avon.
Oregon
Columbia County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Avon [Columbia County].
Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
This Avon is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Avon.
South Dakota
Bon Homme County
This Avon is located in Bon Homme County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bon Homme County community of Avon.
Utah
Cache County
This Avon is located in Cache County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Avon.
Iron County
This Avon is located in Iron County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km] to the west northwest of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Avon.
Virginia
Nelson County
This Avon is located in Nelson County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Avon.
Washington
Skagit County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Avon [Skagit County].
West Virginia
Doddridge County
This Avon is located in Doddridge County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Avon.
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
This Avon is located in Lafayette County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Avon.
Rock County
This Avon is located in Rock County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the north northeast of the Avon that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Avon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avon ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Chapel Hill (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avon and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Avon to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,555 miles [12,158.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,433 miles [8,743.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0748, Longitude: -94.3230 In this case, the coordinates for Avon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Avon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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 Avon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Avon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.452 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.908 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.386 degrees.