Avon Park
Avon Park is a hamlet in Jefferson, Alabama. Avon Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Kingston, as well as near Eastwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport and Bethel Baptist Church.
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
Aerodrome
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Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, formerly Birmingham Municipal Airport and later Birmingham International Airport, is a civil-military airport serving Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport is situated 1½ miles northeast of Avon Park.
Bethel Baptist Church
Church
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Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The church served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement. Bethel Baptist Church is situated 1½ miles west of Avon Park.
Sloss Blast Furnace Site
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Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. Sloss Blast Furnace Site is situated 2 miles southwest of Avon Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avondale and Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base.
Avondale
Neighborhood
Avondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887. Avondale is situated 1½ miles south of Avon Park.
Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base
Locality
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Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base is a United States Air Force installation located at a Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It hosts the 117th Air Refueling Wing, part of the Air National Guard, which operates the KC-135R Stratotanker. Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base is situated 2 miles northeast of Avon Park.
Tarrant
Town
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Tarrant is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, bordering Birmingham's north side. At the 2020 census, the population was 6,124. It is home to the ABC Coke plant owned by the Drummond Company, "the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S.". Tarrant is situated 2½ miles north of Avon Park.
Avon Park
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.54622° or 33° 32′ 46″ northLongitude
-86.77138° or 86° 46′ 17″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)Open location code
865MG6WH+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 153731818OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4830895
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