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Avoca, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, US

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Location of Avoca in Texas

Avoca (/əˈvoʊkə/ ə-VOH-kə) is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas, United States.

It is on State Highway 6 at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Roads Farm to Market Road 600 and 1636, 8 mi southeast of Stamford. Avoca is part of the Abilene, Texas metropolitan statistical area.

History

Avoca was laid out at its current location in 1900, when the railroad was extended to that point; the town site had formerly been located a few miles away.^[1] The name is derived from the post office at the former site called Avo, before then the small town was called Spring Creek.^[2] As of 2022, Avoca had two churches: Avoca Baptist Church Pastor Mims and Avoca United Methodist Church, of which the pastor was Dennis Huffaker, and the Lueders Avoca High School. There is no post office, nor are there any businesses.

Education

The Lueders-Avoca Independent School District serves the area's high school students in grades nine through 12. Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade attend the Lueders Campus.

Notable person

Charles Stenholm lived in Avoca while a member of the United States House of Representatives.^[3]

References

^ Avoca from the Handbook of Texas Online
^ Tarpley, Fred (July 5, 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
^ Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. The Almanac of American Politics 1988', p. 1174. National Journal, 1987.