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.Pottawatamie Count Historical Society article on Avoca 

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.

People

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."AHSTW ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. 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."REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.

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.'U.S. Attorney Turner dies of heart attack,' Des Moines Register, Bob Shaw, September 29, 1986, pg. 1. 11A

References

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

Category:1869 establishments in Iowa
Category:Cities in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Category:1874 establishments in Iowa