Editing Avon, Utah

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|image_map                = Cache County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Avon highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location in [[Cache County, Utah|Cache County]] and the state of [[Utah]].
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Utah]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
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|named_for                = [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 390
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|postal_code              = 84328
|area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
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'''Avon''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Cache County, Utah|Cache County]], [[Utah]], United States. The population was 390 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]]. It is included in the [[Logan, Utah]]-[[Idaho]] (partial) [[Logan metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

Avon is the birthplace of [[Reuben D. Law]], first president of the Church College of Hawaii, later renamed [[Brigham Young University–Hawaii]].

==History==
The first settlement at Avon was made in 1860.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA11|year=1918|page=11}}</ref> A post office called Avon was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Cache |title=Cache County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=18 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210201/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=UT&county=Cache |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The community was named after [[River Avon, Warwickshire|Avon, England]], the native home of a large share of the early settlers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sa9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741%2C5066695 | title=You name it - there's a town for it | work=The Deseret News | date=Jan 22, 1977 | access-date=18 October 2015 | author=Van Atta, Dale | pages=15}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 7.3&nbsp;square miles (18.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population |align=left
|2000=306
|2010=367
|2020=390}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 306 people, 85 households, and 77 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|42.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 93 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.33% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] and 3.59% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.96% of the population.

There were 85 households, out of which 62.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.4% were non-families. 9.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.60 and the average family size was 3.86.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 39.5% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,250, and the median income for a family was $41,875. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $26,094 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $13,875. About 3.0% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.7% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of census-designated places in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Avon, Utah}}

{{Cache County, Utah}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Cache County, Utah]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Utah]]
[[Category:Logan metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]