Avon, Connecticut
| Avon, Connecticut | ||
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 Location within Hartford County, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: 41°47′40″N 72°51′28″W / 41.79444°N 72.85778°WCoordinates: 41°47′40″N 72°51′28″W / 41.79444°N 72.85778°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Connecticut | |
| NECTA | Hartford | |
| Region | Capitol Region | |
| Settled | 1645 | |
| Incorporated | 1830 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-manager | |
| • Town manager | Brandon Robertson | |
| • Town council | Mark W. Zacchio (R), Chrm Douglas Evans (R) Heather Maguire (R) William Stokesbury (R) David Pena (D) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 23.5 sq mi (60.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 23.1 sq mi (59.9 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 276 ft (84 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 18,098 | |
| • Density | 745/sq mi (288/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 06001 | |
| Area code(s) | 860 | |
| FIPS code | 09-02060 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0213385 | |
| Website | www |
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Avon is an affluent town in the Farmington Valley region of Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of 2010[update], the town had a population of 18,098.
Avon is a suburb of Hartford. Avon Old Farms School, a prestigious boarding school, is located there. In 2005, Avon was named the third-safest town in America by Money Magazine. It is home to the Pine Grove School House, which was built in 1865 and remains open today as a museum.
Avon is home to Avon High School as well as two elementary schools, Pine Grove Elementary and Roaring Brook Elementary, an intermediate (grades 5–6) school Thompson Brook, and a middle school (grades 7–8) Avon Middle School.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (61 km2), of which 23.1 square miles (60 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) is water.
The East side of Avon is flanked by Talcott Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous trap rock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to near the Vermont border. Talcott Mountain is a popular outdoor recreation resource notable for its towering western cliff faces. The 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail traverses the Talcott Mountain ridge.
Avon was settled in 1645 and was originally a part of Farmington. In 1750, the parish of Northington was established in the northern part of Farmington, to support a Congregational church more accessible to the local population. Its first pastor was Ebenezer Booge, a graduate of Yale Divinity School who arrived in 1751. The Farmington Canal’s opening in 1828 brought new business to the village, which sat where the canal intersected the Talcott Mountain Turnpike linking Hartford to Albany, New York. Hopes of industrial and commercial growth spurred Avon to incorporate. In 1830, the Connecticut General Assembly incorporated Northington as the town of Avon, after County Avon in England. Such expansion never came and, in the 1900s, the rural town became a suburban enclave.
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