Avon

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Avon

Total population

1,552

Elevation345 m

Land area3.83 km²

Weather58°F · Cloudy

Coordinates45.61°, -94.45°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Avon is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,618 at the 2020 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Avon, MN from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

William Lemke

American politician (1878–1950)

M

Mark Mahowald

American mathematician (1931–2013)

Alphonsus Augustus Sowada

American priest (1933-2014)

J

James Steven Rausch

Catholic bishop

S

Steve Dehler

American politician

B

Bill Ashenfelter

American athletics competitor (1924-2010)

H

Henry M. Harren

American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1955-62 (District 46); Senate 1963-70 (District 26)

E

Ed Schrom

American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1971-72 (District 26); Senate 1973-80 (District 16)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minnesota

• St. John's University
  3.2 mi away
• St. Joseph
  7.6 mi away
• St. Anthony
  9.8 mi away
• Cold Spring
  10.2 mi away · pop. 4,249
• St. Stephen
  10.7 mi away
• Richmond
  10.9 mi away
• Sartell
  11.4 mi away
• Rockville
  11.5 mi away
• Freeport
  12 mi away
• St. Martin
  12.8 mi away
• Sauk Rapids
  14.3 mi away
• Rice
  14.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Avon

Вишневый сад

Антон Павлович Чехов · 1918

Hustler (Alpha Books)

Walter S. Tevis · 1959

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937

Macbeth

William Shakespeare · 1508

Night chills

Kirby McCauley · 1975

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

Poisoned ivy

M. D. Lake · 1992

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1924

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Resinous Polypore

Ischnoderma resinosum

Seen 2026-09-25

Bear's Head Tooth

Hericium americanum

Seen 2026-09-25

Magpie Inkcap

Coprinopsis picacea

Seen 2026-09-25

Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

Helophilus fasciatus

Seen 2026-09-22

orange mycena

Mycena leana

Seen 2026-09-22

Northern Tooth

Climacodon septentrionalis

Seen 2026-09-22

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Seen 2026-09-22

White-faced Meadowhawk

Sympetrum obtrusum

Seen 2026-09-22

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).