Avalon, Missouri

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.

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