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Do you know of Avondale ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avondale. 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 Avondale.

Our sources for Avondale (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 Avondale other than they indicate that Avondale would be found somewhere in Bolivar County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1904.

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 Avondale ...

We found 60 communities that share the name Avondale.

There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Avondale.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 55 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Oktibbeha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Avondale [Oktibbeha County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Avondale [Jefferson County].
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Avondale [Maricopa County].
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Avondale [Pueblo County].
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Avondale [Duval County].
      • Escambia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Avondale [Escambia County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Avondale [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [Bibb County].
      • Chatham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [Chatham County].
      • Dougherty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [Dougherty County].
      • McDuffie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [McDuffie County].
      • Muscogee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [Muscogee County].
      • Richmond County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avondale [Richmond County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Avondale [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Grant 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 Indiana community of Avondale [Grant County].
    • Kansas
      • Franklin 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 Avondale [Franklin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Avondale [Jefferson County].
      • McCracken 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 Kentucky community of Avondale [McCracken County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Avondale [Jefferson Parish].
      • Tensas Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Avondale [Tensas Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Avondale [Carroll County].
      • Prince George's County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Avondale [Prince George's County].
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Avondale [Muskegon County].
      • Osceola County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Avondale [Osceola County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avondale [Clay County].
    • Montana
      • Valley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Avondale [Valley County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Avondale.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Avondale [Essex County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Avondale.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Avondale [Rutherford County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Avondale.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Belmont County].
      • Coshocton 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 Ohio community of Avondale [Coshocton County].
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Hamilton County].
      • Licking County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Licking County].
      • Logan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Logan County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Montgomery County].
      • Muskingum County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Muskingum County].
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Avondale [Stark County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Avondale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avondale [Chester County].
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avondale [York County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Avondale.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Avondale [Washington County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Avondale [Charleston County].
      • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Avondale [Greenwood County].
      • Oconee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Avondale [Oconee County].
      • Sumter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Avondale [Sumter County].
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avondale [Davidson County].
      • Gibson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avondale [Gibson County].
      • Grainger County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avondale [Grainger County].
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avondale [Hamilton County].
      • Sumner County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Avondale [Sumner County].
    • Texas
      • Cameron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Avondale [Cameron County].
      • Tarrant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Avondale [Tarrant County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Avondale [Salt Lake County].
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Avondale [Hanover County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Avondale [King County].
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Avondale [Doddridge County].
      • McDowell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Avondale [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Avondale ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Avondale:

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 Avondale - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Bolivar 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 Bolivar County.

Alligator LakeKuhns
Australia 
 Little
Bellevue 
BellisleMasonton
BibbsMaxime
BulaMoore's
  
Catfish PointNebletts Landing
ChambersNugents
Content 
 Oak Wood
Dahomey 
 Phalia
Everston 
 Rex
GaylesvilleRiverton
Gladstone 
 Stafford
HarlowStormville
Huntington 
 Terrene
IvyTileville
  
JosephineWyandotte
  

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 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 Avondale 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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