Do you know of Avalon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Avalon. 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 Avalon.
Our sources for Avalon (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 Avalon other than they indicate that Avalon would be found somewhere in Cape May County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888.
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 Avalon ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Avalon.
Within New Jersey, the name Avalon is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Avalon [Los Angeles County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Avalon [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Chatham 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 Georgia community of Avalon [Chatham County].
- Clayton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avalon [Clayton County].
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avalon [Dougherty County].
- Franklin 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 Georgia community of Avalon [Franklin County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avalon [Newton County].
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Avalon [Stephens County].
- Indiana
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Avalon [Allen County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Nicollet County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Avalon [Nicollet County].
- Mississippi
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Avalon [Carroll County].
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Avalon [Livingston County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Avalon [Mineral County].
- New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Avalon [Eddy County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Avalon [Allegheny County].
- Texas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Avalon [Ellis County].
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Avalon [Rock County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Avalon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Avalon:
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 Avalon - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Cape May 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 Cape May County.
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 Avalon 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/ |