Avon is an unincorporated community in Latah County, in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]
History
editA post office operated under the name Avon from 1891 until 1953.[2] However, the community Avon moved to its current location in 1907 when a new railroad line missed the original townsite.[3]
Avon's population was estimated at 100 in 1909.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avon, Idaho
- ^ "Latah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Ghost towns of Latah County". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. May 13, 1988. p. 25. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
46°49′34″N 116°36′50″W / 46.82611°N 116.61389°W
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