Avoca (/əˈvoʊkə/ ə-VOH-kə) is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas, United States.[1]
It is on State Highway 6 at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 600 and Farm to Market Road 1636, 8 mi southeast of Stamford. Avoca is part of the Abilene, Texas, metropolitan statistical area.
History
editAvoca was laid out at its current location in 1900, when the railroad was extended to that point; the town site had formerly been located a few miles away.[2] The name is derived from the post office at the former site called Avo, before then the small town was called Spring Creek.[3] As of 2022, Avoca had two churches: Avoca Baptist Church Pastor Mims and Avoca United Methodist Church, of which the pastor was Dennis Huffaker, and the Lueders Avoca High School. The area has no post office, nor any businesses.
Education
editThe Lueders-Avoca Independent School District serves the area's high school students in grades 9-12. Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade attend the Lueders Campus.
Notable person
edit- Charles Stenholm lived in Avoca while a member of the United States House of Representatives.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avoca, Texas
- ^ Avoca from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ Tarpley, Fred (July 5, 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
- ^ Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. The Almanac of American Politics 1988', p. 1174. National Journal, 1987.
External links
edit- Avoca, Texas – Texas Escapes Online Magazine
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