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Welcome to Avondale ...

The city of Avondale is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Avondale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Avondale has a population of 455 people<2> (see below for details).

Avondale is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Avondale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Avondale: 816 & 975<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Avondale had an population of 455 people. This is an increase of 3.41% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.99% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Avondale had a population of 440 people. This makes Avondale the county's 12th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 440 people, the population of Avondale decreased 16.82% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 529 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Avondale.

Communities Also Named Avondale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 61 communities that are also named Avondale - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (8), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (5), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Avondale.

Communities near Avondale ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Avondale.

  • Kansas City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Overland Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Kansas City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Independence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee's Summit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Shawnee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <5>
  • Blue Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lenexa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lenexa is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenexa <5>
  • Leawood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Leawood is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leawood <5>
  • Liberty
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Avondale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Avondale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Avondale. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avondale.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Avondale. See our Newspapers Page for Avondale.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Avondale ...

Looking for more information about Avondale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Avondale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Avondale.

Adding Avondale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Avondale in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Avondale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Avondale post office opened in 1915. The Avondale post office closed in 1982.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Avondale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Avondale.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avondale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Avondale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Avondale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/