Avoca

History

bigpigeon.us webpage History > Avoca, updated by RAC 18 Oct 2023.

• ​Avoca lies on the West Nishnabotna River in northeastern Pottawattamie County.
  
• Avoca 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 the railroad tracks are gone and Interstate 80 passes through the north edge of Avoca.

Avoca, Iowa in 1875 (from the 1875 Andreas Illustrated Atlas of Iowa)

Links to Big Pigeon's History > Avoca subpages:

• Gold Star Avoca - biographical information about the men and women from Avoca or vicinity who died while in military service.
• Cuppy's Grove - In Shelby County northeast of Avoca; Edgington Memorial Park in Avoca was gifted by descendants of Adam Cuppy.

Links to my Avoca, Iowa & Vicinity reports:

• 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 the past 2019 Avoca sesquicentennial.
• http://ww.w.farmall-land-usa.com/index.html - Jerry Mez's remarkable Farmall tractor museum.

Sources for Big Pigeon's History > Avoca webpage:

• The Avoca page header map is courtesy of bing.com.