Avalon
Unincorporated community
Avalon is located in Missouri
Avalon
Avalon
Coordinates: 39°39′33″N 93°26′30″W / 39.65917°N 93.44167°W / 39.65917; -93.44167
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyLivingston

Avalon is an unincorporated community 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]

Avalon was platted in 1869.[3] The community's name is a transfer from Avallon, in France.[4] A post office called Avalon was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1985.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avalon, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 21-22 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 189.
  4. ↑ "Livingston County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

39°39′33″N 93°26′30″W / 39.65917°N 93.44167°W / 39.65917; -93.44167


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