Avondale, Colorado
{{short description|Census-designated place in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Pueblo{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=January 20, 2025}}
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|postal_code = 81022
|area_code = 719
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Avondale is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office located in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Avondale post office has the ZIP Code 81022. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Avondale CDP was 594, while the population of the 81022 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 1,624 including adjacent areas.
History
The Avondale, Colorado, post office opened on March 22, 1892.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}} The name Avondale is derived from Stratford-upon-Avon.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=14|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=8}}
Geography
At the 2020 United States census, the Avondale CDP had an area of {{convert|1.627|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.
Demographics
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|2000|754
|2010|674
|2020|594
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The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Avondale CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2000.}}
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See also
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- Front Range Urban Corridor
- List of census-designated places in Colorado
- List of populated places in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
- Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.colorado.gov/ State of Colorado]
- [https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado]
- [https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/avondale/ Avondale @ UncoverColorado.com]
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Category:Census-designated places in Pueblo County, Colorado