Avon, Missouri

Avon, Missouri
unincorporated community

Location of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°45′05″N 90°13′24″W / 37.75139°N 90.22333°WCoordinates: 37°45′05″N 90°13′24″W / 37.75139°N 90.22333°W
Country United States
State Missouri
County Sainte Genevieve
Township Saline
Elevation 730 ft (222.5[1] m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 63670
Area code(s) 573
FIPS code 29-02782[2]
GNIS feature ID 713512[3]

Avon is an unincorporated community located in Saline Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. Avon is located 20 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.[4][5]

Name

Although it is not known where the name derives from, an admirer of William Shakespeare may have chosen the name, taking it from Shakespeare’s hometown Stratford upon Avon.[6]

History

Avon’s was established as a lead mining camp, using furnaces to process the lead.[7][8] A post office was in operation in Avon between 1849-1928.[9]

References

  1. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  2. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  3. ↑ RoadsideThoughts http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  4. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  5. ↑ Roadside.Thoughts.com http://www.roadsidethoughts.com/mo/avon-xx-sainte-genevieve-summary.htm
  6. ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html
  7. ↑ William Franklin Switzler, Robert Allen Campbell, Alban Jasper Conant, George Clinton Swallow (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri, from 1541 to 1877".
  8. ↑ Robert Allen Campbell (1874). "Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri: From Articles Contributed by Prominent Gentlemen in Each County of the State, and Information Collected and Collated from Official and Other Authentic Sources".
  9. ↑ Missouri Postal History http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/st186se.htm