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History · Avon Township

58% of Avon Township’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings.

2on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

2 listings protect 16 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
16
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Ross Row Houses
Ross Row Houses, built 1880Topeka Cemetery-Mausoleum Row
BuildingsDistricts
Ross Row HousesBuilt 1880
Topeka Cemetery-Mausoleum RowDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Aliceville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Aliceville
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Avon Township
AltamontCenter HillPleasant HillQuislingSaint Johns Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hampden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestphalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Avon Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Avon Township?

Two places: the Ross Row Houses (listed 1998) and the Topeka Cemetery-Mausoleum Row (2001).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.