Avoca, Iowa

**Avoca** is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. In 2020, 1,683 people lived there.

## History

Avoca was created in 1869 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad built a railroad near the area. It is named after Avoca in Ireland. It quickly became a regional service center for the nearby farms.

## Geography

Avoca is at  (41.4790, -95.3373). The city is between the West Nishnabotna River and its East Branch.

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

In 2020, there were 1,683 people living in Avoca. These people made up 704 households. 92.0% of the people were White, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 1.3% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the people.

The median age in the city was 42.1 years old. 49.3% of the people were male, and 50.7% of the people were female.

## Education

The community is served by the AHSTW Community School District. It used to be in the Hancock-Avoca Community School District until July 1, 1996. This was when the district merged into the A-H-S-T Community School District. In turn, that merged into AHSTW on July 1, 2016.

## Famous People

- Richard Beymer (born 1938), the actor best known as Tony, the lead role in _West Side Story_
- Johnny Carson, the television comedian, lived in Avoca as a child until his family moved to Norfolk, Nebraska in 1936.
- Edwin T. Meredith (1876–1928), Secretary of Agriculture under president Woodrow Wilson
- Richard C. Turner (1927-1986), Iowa lawyer and politician, was born in Avoca.

## Other websites

- City of Avoca, Iowa
- The Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society
- Roadside America- Avoca Spider Bug
- Farmall- Land Tractor Museum
- City Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Avoca

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Avoca, Iowa
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Downtown Avoca, Iowa.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Avoca, Iowa
- **image map**: Pottawattamie_County_Iowa_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Avoca_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Avoca, Iowa
- **pushpin map**: USA Iowa#USA
- **pushpin label**: Avoca
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Iowa##Location within the United States
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Iowa, County
- **subdivision name2**: Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie
- **subdivision type3**: List of Iowa townships, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Knox Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Knox
- **government type**: Mayor-council
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 6.17
- **area total sq mi**: 2.38
- **area land km2**: 6.17
- **area land sq mi**: 2.38
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **elevation ft**: 1155
- **population total**: 1683
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 51521
- **area code**: Area code 712, 712
- **website**: [http://www.cityofavoca.com/ City of Avoca]
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 19-03970
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394042