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History · Avon

Avon’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Avon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Avon is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in January 1957. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Avon had a population of 465.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 543 to 465 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Avon yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Avon, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
Bluff Springs Baptist Church cemeteryCommonsBluff Springs Baptist Church cemetery2026Avon, Alabama Town HallCommonsAvon, Alabama Town Hall2025
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Avon is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Avon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alabama Midland Railway Depot in Ashford, 2.5 miles away.

Avon and the nearest listed places

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Alabama Midland Railway DepotAshford Commercial DistrictDupree SchoolDothan Municipal Light and Water PlantMain Street Commercial DistrictDothan Opera House

Closest to Avon

Alabama Midland Railway DepotAshford · Building2.5miAshford Commercial DistrictAshford · District2.6miDupree SchoolAshford · Building4.4miDothan Municipal Light and Water PlantDothan · Built 19887.2miMain Street Commercial DistrictDothan · District7.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Alabama Midland Railway Depot’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ashford📜 Cowarts📜 Webb📜 Dothan

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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