AVON, OHIO

'Avon' is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,446 at the 2000 census. It is the home of the annual Avon Duct Tape Festival. It was also recently recognized by Forbes magazine as the 67th fastest-growing city in America with a 41.8% population increase between 2000 and 2006. It is also the fastest-growing city in Ohio.

Contents

Geography

History

Demographics

Famous People who Lived/Live in Avon

External links

Geography

Avon is located at (41.450538, -82.021670).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 54.1 km² (20.9 mi²). 54.1 km² (20.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.10%) is water.

History

Township Number 7 in Range 16 of the Western Reserve received its first permanent American settlers during 1814 from Montgomery County, New York, led by Wilbur Cahoon. The township was administered by Dover township and was part of Cuyahoga County. In 1818, Township Number 7 was organized and first named Xeuma, then later, Troy Township. In 1824, Lorain County was created, and the name of Troy Township was changed to Avon Township. An Avon post office was established in 1825.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,446 people, 4,088 households, and 3,143 families residing in the city. The population density was 211.8/km² (548.4/mi²). There were 4,291 housing units at an average density of 79.4/km² (205.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.02% White, 0.72% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population.
There were 4,088 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $66,747, and the median income for a family was $75,951. Males had a median income of $53,973 versus $31,660 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,334. About 1.0% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.

	'North:' Avon Lake	'Northeast:' Bay Village
'West:' Sheffield	'Avon'	'East:' Westlake
'Southwest:' Elyria	'South:' North Ridgeville

Famous People who Lived/Live in Avon

Sherrod Brown
Al "Bubba" Baker

★ Brevin Knight
Charlie Frye
David Justice

★ Does not reside anymore

External links

★ City of Avon Website

★ Avon Duct Tape Festival

★ avonhistory.org

★ LorainCounty.com - Locally run website with information on Avon Ohio

★ Avon Schools Website

★ Avon Schools Distance Learning Project

★ Avon, Ohio Business & Living