Avon
Avon is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Avon, VA” and “Avon, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Ridge Tunnel.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
Parking area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel is situated 2½ miles north of Avon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Onan and Durrett Town.
Durrett Town
Hamlet
Durrett Town is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Durrett Town is situated 1½ miles southeast of Avon.
Afton
Village
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Afton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313. Afton is situated 2½ miles north of Avon.
Avon
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Nelson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.99986° or 37° 59′ 60″ northLongitude
-78.82641° or 78° 49′ 35″ westElevation
801 feet (244 metres)Open location code
8793X5XF+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 157639646OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Avon” goes by many names.
- French: “Avon”
- Irish: “Avon”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brookville Manor and Blue Ridge Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rockfish Volunteer Fire, Rescue and Auxiliary and Hebron Baptist Church.
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