Avon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Avon, Colorado, Avon, CO
town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Eagle
- Incorporated town
- August 1978
- Type
- home rule town
- Mayor
- Amy Phillips
- Total
- 8.424 sq mi (21.819 km )
- Land
- 8.349 sq mi (21.625 km )
- Water
- 0.075 sq mi (0.194 km )
- Elevation
- 7,431 ft (2,265 m)
- Density
- 727/sq mi (281/km )
- Metro
- 55,731
- Csa
- 134,774
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-04110
- Website
- Town of Avon
via Wikipedia infobox
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Avon is a home rule town located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 6,072 at the 2020 United States census. The town is a part of the Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Avon is the gateway to the Beaver Creek Resort which lies about two miles (3 km) south of the town. It was the previous site of Vail Resorts before the company moved its physical headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado, in 2006. The town is the home of Liberty Skis, an independent ski manufacturing company.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.