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Avoca, Indiana
Census-designated place
Location in Lawrence County, Indiana
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Coordinates: 38°55′02″N 86°33′20″W / 38.91722°N 86.55556°W / 38.91722; -86.55556
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lawrence
Township	Marshall
Area
• Total	2.10 sq mi (5.43 km)
• Land	2.10 sq mi (5.43 km)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km)
Elevation	571 ft (174 m)
Population
• Total	545
• Density	260.14/sq mi (100.43/km)
ZIP code	47420
FIPS code	18-02890
GNIS feature ID	2629855

Avoca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marshall Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 583.

History

Avoca was platted in 1819. The community likely took its name after the River Avoca, which was mentioned in a poem by Thomas Moore. The Avoca post office was established in 1856.

Geography

Avoca is located in northwestern Lawrence County in the southwest corner of Marshall Township. Indiana State Road 37 runs along the eastern edge of the community, leading north 19 miles (31 km) to Bloomington and south 6 miles (10 km) to Bedford, the Lawrence county seat. State Road 58 passes through the center of Avoca, joining SR 37 southbound but leading west 11 miles (18 km) to Owensburg. State Road 54 has its eastern terminus at SR 37 and leads northwest 27 miles (43 km) to Bloomfield.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Avoca census-designated place has an area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km), all of it recorded as land. The community is in the valley of Goose Creek, which flows southeast to Salt Creek, part of the White River watershed.

Avoca Park

The Avoca State Fish Hatchery was built in 1819 and first served as a grist mill until 1919, when it was purchased by the DNR, who began building ponds in 1923. The Hatchery stocked Indiana's waters with fish for years until it was decommissioned by the DNR in 2013 and fell into disrepair. Bedford Mayor Shawna Girgis asked Bedford Park Director, Barry Jeskewich, to restore this historical location for Lawrence County. Barry Jeskewich partnered with James Farmer, Indiana University Sustaining Hoosier Communities to obtained a grant to preserve this beloved green space for the surrounding community. Avoca State Fish Hatchery was renamed Avoca Park and Recreation and is now in the hands of the local community.

Demographics

References

Footnotes

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avoca, Indiana
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), Avoca CDP, Indiana". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
5. History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 205.
6. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...the fourth stanza of Thomas Moore's poem "The Meeting of the Waters."
7. "Lawrence County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
8. "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

Sources

• “IU Farmer-Jeskewich Final Report”

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Bedford
Cities	Bedford Mitchell
Town	Oolitic
Townships	Bono Guthrie Indian Creek Marion Marshall Perry Pleasant Run Shawswick Spice Valley
CDPs	Avoca East Oolitic Heltonville Huron Judah Lawrenceport Needmore Tunnelton Williams
Other communities	Bartlettsville Bono Bryantsville Buddha Coveyville Coxton Erie Eureka Fayetteville Fort Ritner Georgia Guthrie Hartleyville Leesville Logan Moorestown Murdock Patton Hill Peerless Pinhook Popcorn Rabbitville Red Hill Redding Rivervale Shawswick Silverville Spring Mill Village Springville Stemm Stonington Tarry Park Yockey Zelma
Former communities	Dark Hollow Dixonville Palestine
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