The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settler arrived around 1794. At that time, the area was home to the Seneca Indians. The town is named for the Thomas Moore poem about Avoca in Ireland. The town was formed from parts of four other towns in 1843. Those towns contributing to the new town were: Bath, Cohocton, Howard, and Wheeler.
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Start Avoca’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Avoca’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAvoca (Township); Wallace (Villag…, 1873: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Avoca
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Nothing in Avoca is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Avoca has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home-Bath Veterans Administration Center Historic District in Bath, 6.2 miles away.
Avoca and the nearest listed places
Closest to Avoca
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Avoca (Township); Wallace (Village) (1873) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.