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Avondale
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Alternate Place NameColdwaterDate Established1946Websitehttps://www.avondaleaz.gov/Description
Settler Billy Moore settled near Avondale Ranch and established the area as Coldwater in 1897, yet many referred to the area as Billy Moore’s. There was a rail station at Avondale Ranch along with a post office established by the railroad. The name Avondale remained, replacing the name Coldwater, even after the post office moved its location back to Cold Water in 1911. The city of Avondale was incorporated in 1946.
Citation: Will C. Barnes, Arizona Place Names (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1988). 31.
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Avondale. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 22/04/2025, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/244146