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Facts about the city

Avon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, it had a permanent population of 776.

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History

Image:NCMap-doton-Avon.PNG of Avon, North CarolinaAvon is a place in Kinekeet Township, Dare County, North Carolina County in the US state of North Carolina in the United States States of America. The United States Postal Service has assigned Avon the ZIP Code 27915.Historically named Kinnakeet, the town was renamed Avon by the United States Postal Service Postal Service when a post office was established there in 1883.[http://www.hatteras-nc.com/history/avonhis.htm Avon, North Carolina History] The United States Life-Saving Service Life-Saving Service constructed the Little Kinnakeet Life Saving Station in 1874, remaining active, under the United States Coast Guard Guard from 1915, until decommissioned in 1954. The building is now part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.[http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/57kinnakeet/57kinnakeet.htm Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station: Home to Unsung Heroes]. It is located at latitude 35°21'7" North, longitude 75°30'39" West, which is south of Salvo, North Carolina and north of Buxton, North Carolina on Hatteras Island. .