Editing Avon, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Avon was laid out in 1873 and founded after the foundation of [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St.Cloud]] .<ref name="Upham 523">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n540 523]}}</ref> The community is named after the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], in England.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20825 |title=Profile for Avon, Minnesota, MN |publisher= ePodunk|access-date= October 16, 2012}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Avon since 1873.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Stearns | title=Stearns County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref> Avon was incorporated in 1900.<ref name="Upham 523" /> After the foundation of [[Avon Minnesota]] the town expanded past the spunk lakes in [[1992]]