Do you know of Avon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avon. 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 Avon.<1>
We found mention of Avon as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1842 and closed in 1843.
Communities Also Named Avon ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Avon.
Within Michigan, the name Avon is unique.
Beyond Michigan, 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
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Avon [Houston County].
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Avon [Sevier County].
- California
- Butte County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Avon [Butte County].
- Contra Costa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Avon [Contra Costa County].
- Colorado
- Eagle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Avon [Eagle County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Avon [Hartford County].
- Idaho
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Avon [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Avon [Fulton County].
- Indiana
- Hendricks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Avon [Hendricks County].
- Iowa
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Avon [Polk County].
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> 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
- Maine
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Avon [Franklin County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Avon [Norfolk County].
- Minnesota
- Stearns County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Avon [Stearns County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Avon [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avon [Cass County].
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avon [Clay County].
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avon [Sainte Genevieve County].
- Montana
- Powell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Avon [Powell County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Avon.
- New Jersey
- New York
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Avon [Livingston County].
- North Carolina
- Dare County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Avon [Dare County].
- Ohio
- Lorain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avon [Lorain County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Lebanon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avon [Lebanon County].
- South Dakota
- Bon Homme County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Avon [Bon Homme County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Nelson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Avon [Nelson County].
- Washington
- Skagit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Avon [Skagit County].
- West Virginia
- Doddridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Avon [Doddridge County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Avon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Avon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Oakland 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 Oakland County.
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |