Do you know of Avena ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avena. 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 Avena.<1>
Our sources for Avena (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Avena other than they indicate that Avena would be found somewhere in Harrison County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1908.
Communities Also Named Avena ...
We found three communities that share the name Avena.
Within Kentucky, the name Avena is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Avena [Fayette County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Avena ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Avena:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Avena - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky
Published by DeLorme, 2010
(Available from Amazon.com)
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Avena.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 21/02800 (Place Name: Avena)
County: Harrison (FIPS State/County: 21/097)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Avena) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison County.
| Antioch Mills | McLoney |
| Baptist | Paxton |
| Branch | |
| Raven Creek | |
| Havilandsville | Robertson |
| Keller | Selma |
| Shadynook | |
| Leeport | Smithsonville |
| Smitsonville | |
| Marysville |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |