Avoca, Minnesota

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AVOCA, a city in sections 27, 28, 33, and 34 of Lime Lake Township, was named in 1879 by Archbishop John Ireland, who founded near it a Catholic colony of immigrant farmers. The name is taken from a river in County Wicklow, Ireland, about 40 miles south of Dublin, noted for the picturesque beauty of its valley, called Sweet Vale of Avoca in a poem by Thomas Moore. From the fame given by the poet's praise, this name also has been chosen for villages in 13 other states of the Union. The population was 147 at the 2010 Census, up from 146 at the 2000 Census.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoca,_Minnesota
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Coordinates:   43°57'4"N   95°39'3"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago