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History · Avondale

Avondale’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Avondale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
13recent photos
Colorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne Mountain, 1942 · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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The Avondale, Colorado, post office opened on March 22, 1892. The name Avondale is derived from Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Timeline

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1940s2 items · Colorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne M…Commons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewColorado - Alamosa through Cheyen…, 1942: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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Avondale, decade by decade

1940s2 items
Colorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne MountainCommonsColorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne Mountain1942Colorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne MountainCommonsColorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne Mountain1942
1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today13 photos
Avondale Veterans Memorial ParkCommonsAvondale Veterans Memorial Park2023Sacred Heart Catholic Church inCommonsSacred Heart Catholic Church in2021McHarg Park Community CenterCommonsMcHarg Park Community Center2020Avondale, ColoradoCommonsAvondale, Colorado2020Avondale, Colorado post officeCommonsAvondale, Colorado post office2020Avondale Boulevard BridgeCommonsAvondale Boulevard Bridge2020Veterans at the Avondale Veterans ParadeCommonsVeterans at the Avondale Veterans Parade2019Public Meeting Held inCommonsPublic Meeting Held in2019Rudy Tafoya places a small American flag near the headstone of a child who was buried in Chico Cemetery, a windswept co…LOCRudy Tafoya places a small American flag near the headstone…2015A tiny, poignant grave marker at Chico Cemetery, a windswept country graveyard near Avondale in Pueblo County, ColoradoLOCA tiny, poignant grave marker at Chico Cemetery, a windswep…2015A long, passing freight train near Avondale in rural Pueblo County, ColoradoLOCA long, passing freight train near Avondale in rural Pueblo…2015A long, passing freight train near Avondale in rural Pueblo County, ColoradoLOCA long, passing freight train near Avondale in rural Pueblo…2015COMap-doton-AvondaleCommonsCOMap-doton-Avondale2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Avondale is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Avondale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Huerfano Bridge in Boone, 4.8 miles away.

Avondale and the nearest listed places

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Huerfano BridgeBoone Santa Fe Railroad DepotSt. Charles River BridgeSt. Charles BridgeRoselawn CemeteryDoyle Settlement

Closest to Avondale

Huerfano BridgeBoone · Built 19214.8miBoone Santa Fe Railroad DepotBoone · Building5miSt. Charles River BridgeVineland · Structure7.7miSt. Charles BridgeSalt Creek · Built 192411miRoselawn CemeteryPueblo · Site12.4mi

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. Huerfano Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Avondale?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Avondale’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Colorado - Alamosa through Cheyenne Mountain (1942) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Boone📜 Pueblo📜 Fowler📜 Olney Springs

From Wikimedia Commons (11) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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