Avalon, Missouri
Avalon | |
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  Avalon Location within Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′33″N 93°26′30″W / 39.65917°N 93.44167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Livingston |
| Established | 1869 |
Avalon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Livingston County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Route H, approximately one mile east of U.S. Route 65 and ten miles southeast of Chillicothe.[2] As of the 2020 census, Avalon had a population of 83.[3]
Avalon was platted in 1869.[4] The community's name is a transfer from Avallon, in France.[5] A post office called Avalon was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1985.[6]
demographics
Avalon first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.[7]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avalon, Missouri
- ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 21-22 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 189.
- ↑ "Livingston County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ↑ "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
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