Place:Avon, Dare, North Carolina, United States

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Name
Avon
Alternate names
Kinnakeet     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37000811)
Type
Village
Coordinates
35.35°N 75.5°W
Located in
Dare, North Carolina, United States

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Avon is a place in Kinekeet Township, Dare County in the State of North Carolina in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 35°21'7" North, longitude 75°30'39" West, which is south of Salvo and north of Buxton on Hatteras Island. The United States Postal Service has assigned Avon the ZIP Code 27915.

Historically named Kinnakeet, the town was renamed Avon by the U.S. Postal Service when a post office was established there in 1883. The U.S. Life-Saving Service constructed the Little Kinnakeet Life Saving Station in 1874, remaining active, under the Coast Guard from 1915, until decommissioned in 1954. The building is now part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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