Avalon, Missouri

Avalon is an unincorporated community in southern Livingston County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route H about one mile east of U.S. Route 65 and ten miles south of Chillicothe. The community was founded in 1869^[1] and is named after the mythic Isle of Avalon of Britain, prominent in the King Arthur legends.

References

↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 189.

Municipalities and communities of Livingston County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Chillicothe

Cities	Chillicothe Chula Wheeling

Villages	Ludlow Mooresville Utica

CDP	Dawn

Unincorporated community	Avalon

Coordinates: 39°39′33″N 93°26′30″W / 39.65917°N 93.44167°W / 39.65917; -93.44167

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