Town History

In partnership with the Avon/Washington Township Library, the Town of Avon has created a section on the website where the Library will provide articles on the history of Avon. The Library just completed a 2 year Avon Oral History project and many articles are a result of the Oral History Project. The Oral History Project is in booklet form and can be purchased at the Library.

Fun facts and tidbits about past Avon residents and sites:

• Complete Avon History (PDF)
• Avon In The Civil War (PDF)
• More On Avon In The Civil War (PDF)
• The Haunted Bridge (PDF)
• Rail Transportation (PDF)
• Avon's Soybean Pioneer (PDF)
• Avon - the Town of Many Names (PDF)

Oral History Stories

Check out these oral history stories:

 Remember those orange biography books from school?

•  How was Burnett Woods Named? (PDF)
• Reconstructing Historic Home on US 36 (PDF)
• Riding the Interurban Train (PDF)
• Hardscrabble- Place for Dancing (PDF)
• Creation of West Central Conservancy District (PDF)
• Cooper's Berry Farm on Dan Jones Road (PDF)
• C & D Body Shop-Now D & D (PDF)
• Bud's Auto Parts-Now LKQ (PDF)
• Avon Schools-Early Days (PDF)
• Avon Optimist Club History (PDF)
• Old School, Trains, and Free Milk (PDF)
• Living Along Old US 36 (PDF)
• Hauling Gravel For a Road and Being a Farm Girl (PDF)
• Soybeans First Planted in Avon (PDF)
• Adrian Parsons- Soybean Pioneer (PDF)
  • Photo of Adrian Parsons (JPG)
• Remembrances of Old Downtown (PDF)
• Blacksmith Shop and Loafing Around (PDF)
• When Prestwick Was A Farm (PDF)
• Abner Creek Baptist Church and Voting (PDF)