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Avoca is an unincorporated community in Clay County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

History

A post office called Avoca was in operation from 1906 until 1909. Avoca was named after a place mentioned in Irish Melodies by Thomas Moore.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avoca, West Virginia
2. "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
3. Mockridge, Norton (April 22, 1971). "West Virginia Takes Name Prize". Toledo Blade. p. 29. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
4. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 90.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clay County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Clay
Town	Clay
Unincorporated communities	Adonijah Avoca Bentree‡ Bickmore Big Otter Bomont Booger Hole Clay Junction Cressmont Dille Dink Dorfee Duck Dundon Eakle Elkhurst Enoch Floe Fola Glen Harrison Hartland Independence Indore Ivydale Kidtown King Little Italy Lizemores Marne Maysel Morocco Mountain Home Nebo O'Brion Odessa Ossia Ovapa Paxton Porter Procious Queen Shoals‡ Rouzer Spread Swandale Triplett Two Run Valley Fork Varneytown Wallback‡ Whetstone Widen
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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38°27′11″N 81°03′02″W / 38.45306°N 81.05056°W / 38.45306; -81.05056

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