bigpigeon.us webarea Pott. Co. > Avoca, updated by RAC 21 Jul '19.
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Avoca is on the West Nishnabotna River in northeastern Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was established in 1869 along the newly-laid tracks of the main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, earlier known as the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad. Today Interstate 80 passes through the north edge of Avoca.
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Avoca, Iowa in 1875
(from the 1875 Andreas Illustrated Atlas of Iowa)
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Links to Avoca, Iowa and Vicinity Subordinate Webpages:
Links to Avoca-related websites:
Avoca, Iowa & Vicinity notes:
- Gold Star Avoca - biographical information about twenty men and women from Avoca or vicinity who died while in military service. (under development)
- Cuppy's Grove - In Sheby County northeast of Avoca; Edgington Memorial Park in Avoca was gifted by descendants of Adam Cuppy.
- Remembering Avoca, Iowa - Avoca at midcentury.
Links to Avoca-related websites:
- http://www.cityofavoca.com - official Avoca website.
- https://www.facebook.com/City-of-Avoca-174944999366346/ - official Avoca facebook page.
- https://www.newtownavocahistorical-iowa.com - Newtown-Avoca Historical Society and Sweet Vale of Avoca Museum.
- https://www.facebook.com/avocaiowa150/ - facebook page for 2019 Avoca sesquicentennial.
- http://ww.w.farmall-land-usa.com/index.html - Jerry Mez's remarkable Farmall tractor museum.
Avoca, Iowa & Vicinity notes:
- Celebrate 150 years of Avoca, Iowa - Wednesday July 3, 2019 (3 pm) – Saturday July 6, 2019 (11 pm).