Avon Alabama Map

About Avon, Alabama

Avon is a locality in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 465. The population density is 76.0 people per km². Avon is located at 31.1797°N, 85.2792°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Avon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36312.

Avon holds the stillness of the interior plains, where the horizon stretches wide across flat, sun-drenched fields of red clay. It lies 6.6 miles east-southeast of Dothan, AL (from Dothan, AL: bearing 111°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west of Ashford. The landscape surrounding Avon is defined by the quiet presence of Blakey Pond, which reflects the heavy, humid sky, while the thick stands of longleaf pine create a verdant boundary against the encroaching heat. Three miles away, Cooper Creek carves a slow, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its banks lined with dense bottomland hardwoods that hold the damp scent of earth long after the afternoon rains have retreated. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber weight, turning the dust kicked up by passing trucks into a golden haze that settles over the quiet intersections.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with the soil yielding pecans and peaches that have sustained the region for generations. History lingers in the architecture of the older houses and the quietude of the back roads, where the memory of past struggles and triumphs is held in the silence of the woods. Residents often look toward Wiregrass Memorial Park, six miles to the west, as a place of respite and a site for communal gathering. The pace of life in Avon is measured by the slow turn of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, maintaining a character forged by the resilience of those who cultivate this inland expanse.

About This Avon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Avon, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.179727, -85.279211. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Avon includes the ZIP code (36312), telephone area code (334), county seat of Houston County (Dothan), and school district assignment (Houston County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.