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Avon

Town in Hartford County, north-central Connecticut, USA; population (1990) 13,900. It is located on the Farmington River, 16 km/10 mi west of Hartford. An affluent suburb, it has an active advertising and financial sector, and some light manufacturing plants. It is home Avon Old Farms School.

Avon

Town in Norfolk County, east Massachusetts, USA; population (1998 est) 4,600. It is located 6 km/4 mi north of Brockton, of which it is a residential suburb. There is an industrial park, but Avon is largely a commuter area.

Avon

Town in Bon Homme County, southeast South Dakota, USA; population (1990) 600. It is situated 52 km/32 mi northwest of Yankton, in an area in which dairy products, livestock, poultry, corn, and wheat are produced. Avon is the birthplace (1922) of politician George McGovern.
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Then one of the fearful plagues which used to sweep over the land, when people lived in dark and dirty houses in dark and dirty streets, attacked Stratford-on- Avon.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
The valley of the Stour is beyond, unaccountable stream, dirty at Blandford, pure at Wimborne--the Stour, sliding out of fat fields, to marry the Avon beneath the tower of Christchurch.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
That seems but a slight journey as you look at the map, or remember your own pleasant travels to and from the meadowy banks of the Avon.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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