If you grew up in Avon or still have family near Avon Center, this map shows home the way it looks today. It's a modern aerial view of Avon in Lorain County, Ohio, made from modern data and given a vintage look. Nearly 15,000 small red shapes mark the homes and businesses. Green fields still fill the spaces between neighborhoods, and a few blue ponds sit near the bottom of the sheet.
Detroit Road, Avon Park and More on the Map
On this map you'll find Detroit Road, Center Road, Colorado Avenue, Chester Road, Avon Belden Road, Avon Center, Avon Park, Miller Nature Preserve, Schwartz Road Park, Just Imagine Drive, Stoney Ridge Road, Jaycox Road, Nagel Road, Mills Road, Main Street, and more. Each red shape is a building, so zoom in on the preview and look for yours.
Norton Townshend, Avon's Farm Doctor
Avon's best-known early citizen was Norton S. Townshend. He came to Avon with his parents in 1830, when he was a boy. He lived here until he died in 1895. He was a farmer and a country doctor. His Ohio historical marker says he brought field drainage tile to Avon. That tile made Avon's farmland much more productive. As a well-grown boy he also helped start a reading club in town. The 1879 History of Lorain County says its good effect was still felt in Avon years later.
Townshend served in Congress from 1851 to 1853, and later in the Ohio Senate. He belonged to the Free Soil Party, which stood against slavery. He spoke up for the rights of women and free Black people. Later he helped start the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College in Columbus. He sat on its first board and was its first professor of farming. In 1878 that college became Ohio State University. Townshend Hall there is named for him. His marker stands at Avon Town Hall on Detroit Road. Look at the green fields at the edges of the map. Farmland like that is what his drainage tile helped.
Keep Avon Center and Detroit Road Close
Created by KNOWOL in 2026. The print shows Avon from above in soft greens, with buildings in deep red, roads in pale lines and ponds in blue. The title panel reads 'Aerial View of Avon, Ohio' with the coordinates 41°27' North 82°01' West.
It fits a living room, a home office or a front hall. It's a good gift for someone who grew up near Avon Park or moved away from Lorain County. Open the preview and find your street. See sizes and frames for the Avon map.
