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Do you know of Avoca ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avoca. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Avoca.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Avoca, so we are uncertain whether Avoca is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Avoca would be found somewhere in Butler County, Kansas.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Avoca ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Avoca.

There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Avoca.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Chase County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avoca [Chase County].
    • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avoca [Jackson County].
    • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Avoca [Shawnee County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Avoca [Lawrence County].
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Avoca [Benton County].
    • Florida
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Avoca [Hamilton County].
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Avoca [Livingston County].
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Avoca [Lawrence County].
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Avoca [Pottawattamie County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Avoca [Jefferson County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Avoca [Saint Mary Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Avoca [Saint Clair County].
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Avoca [Murray County].
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avoca [Jefferson County].
    • Nebraska
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Avoca [Cass County].
    • New York
      • Steuben County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Avoca [Steuben County].
    • North Carolina
      • Bertie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Avoca [Bertie County].
    • North Dakota
      • Williams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Avoca [Williams County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pottawatomie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Avoca [Pottawatomie County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avoca [Luzerne County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Avoca.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avoca [Sullivan County].
    • Texas
      • Jones County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Avoca [Jones County].
    • West Virginia
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Avoca [Clay County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Iowa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Avoca [Iowa County].

More Orphans in  Butler County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Butler County.

AmadorMundock
AnnapolisMurdock
Aral 
ArizonaNellans
AyrNelson Place
 New Excelsior
BodarcNew Hampshire
BodockNinnesk
BrittonNoble
BrownlowNuma
Bryant 
BunchOil City
BurgessOil Hill
Burne's StationOphir
BurnsOrizonia
 Otto City
CageOverton
Cariboo 
Cave SpringPendell
Clear FordPetersburgh
ClevelandPine Grove
CornhillPleasant Valley
CrittendenPlum Grove
 Prairie Plains
DixonProvidence
Durachen 
 Quality Valley
Edgecomb 
 Redden
FontanelleRichland Centre
Four Mile 
FreedomSchonholm
 Siville
GlenSpring Branch
GlencoeSunnyside
 Sycamore Springs
Hedge City 
HepsidamTennessee Bend
HickoryTint
 Tolle
Indianola 
 Vandona
Kossuth 
 Wah-Wah
LawrenceWalnut
LovenaWebster City
 Wendell
Meades RanchWhite Eagle
MidlandWhite
MilwaukeeWorth
Minneha 
ModenaZarah
Mulberry Grove 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Avoca 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.









 

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