Avoca is an unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas, United States. It is on State Highway 6 at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 600 and Farm to Market Road 1636, 8 mi southeast of Stamford. Avoca is part of the Abilene, Texas, metropolitan statistical area.

History

Avoca was laid out at its current location in 1900, when the railroad was extended to that point; the town site had formerly been located a few miles away. The name is derived from the post office at the former site called Avo, before then the small town was called Spring Creek. As of 2022, Avoca had two churches: Avoca Baptist Church Pastor Mims and Avoca United Methodist Church, of which the pastor was Dennis Huffaker, and the Lueders Avoca High School. The area has no post office, nor any businesses.

Education

The Lueders-Avoca Independent School District serves the area's high school students in grades 9-12. Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade attend the Lueders Campus.

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