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Welcome to Avoton ...

So far, we found very little information about Avoton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Avoton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Avoton, please Contact Us.

Avoton would have been located within present day Putnam County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Avoton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Avoton is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Avoton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Avoton (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Code where Avoton was located: 931

Communities near Avoton ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lafayette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Algood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Livingston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Monterey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • White Plains
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Pekin ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pekin is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
  • Baxter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Celina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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 Avoton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Avoton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Avoton. 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 Avoton.

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

Adding Avoton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Avoton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Avoton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Avoton post office opened in 1885. The Avoton post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Avoton.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Avoton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Putnam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avoton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/