Avalo

Avalo is an unincorporated community in Weld County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

History

Avalo had a post office established July 1, 1898, and remained in operation until May 30, 1936 The name “Avalo” derives from the Spanish word meaning “earthquake” Avalo developed as one of many small agricultural-support communities on Colorado’s High Plains in the late 19th century. The post office would have served local ranchers and farmers scattered throughout the region, acting as a mail and supply hub for a rural area. After its closure in 1936, there’s no indication Avalo sustained any institutional presence such as a school, church, or business district—unincorporated and mostly a stop on the map. Today, it exists in GNIS records and on historic topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey, but little remains in the way of structures or identity beyond a location name Avalo never incorporated as a town and remained a tiny rural settlement, with few—if any—formal institutions beyond the post office. Avalo has been abandoned. There are few remaining traces of the former community. There is very little history to Avalo, and today it is nothing more than the intersection of 2 county roads in eastern Weld county

Geography

You can find Avalo at 40°48′12″N 103°38′59"W

Comment

As mentioned, Avalo is the intersection of 2 roads in the middle of nowhere, I believe it would actually take an "earthquake" for anyone to notice Avalo, Colorado