Avondale
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In Australia:- Avondale, New South Wales
In Canada:
- Avondale, Newfoundland and LabradorAvondale, Newfoundland and LabradorAvondale is a Canadian town located on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.The community is situated at the southwestern head of Conception Bay in Division No. 1. It is located southwest of St...
- Avondale, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
In Ireland:
- Avondale ForestAvondale ForestAvondale Forest is a wooded estate in County Wicklow, Ireland on the west bank of the River Avonmore. It contains the home of Charles Stewart Parnell which was built in 1777 by Samuel Hayes and is now the Parnell Museum...
, an estate in County Wicklow- Avondale HouseAvondale HouseAvondale House, in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland, is the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell one of the greatest political leaders in Irish history.-Place:...
, birthplace of Irish political leader Charles Stewart Parnell
- Avondale House
In New Zealand:
- Avondale, AucklandAvondale, AucklandAvondale is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located in the Whau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions for the Auckland Council. It is commonly considered to be part of West Auckland. It was originally called "Te Whau", which is the common name, of Māori origin, for Entelea...
, - Avondale, CanterburyAvondale, CanterburyAvondale is a suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located northeast of the city centre, and is close to the Avon River, four kilometres to the northwest of its estuary...
, a suburb of Christchurch
In Scotland:
- Avondale, South Lanarkshire
- Avondale Castle
- Avondale LandfillAvondale LandfillThe Avondale Landfill is a major Scottish landfill located in Polmont, off junction 4 of the M9 motorway. Avondale takes large volumes of waste from the Forth Valley and some from West Lothian. Avondale has the ability to accept Non-Hazardous, Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous waste including...
, Falkirk
In the United States:
- Avondale, Birmingham, AlabamaAvondale, Birmingham, AlabamaAvondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887...
- Avondale, ArizonaAvondale, ArizonaAvondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 76,238.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, an auto racing facility...
- Avondale, ColoradoAvondale, ColoradoAvondale is a census-designated place in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 674 at the 2010 census...
- Avondale, ChicagoAvondale, ChicagoAvondale is one of 77 officially designated Chicago, Illinois community areas. It is located on the Northwest Side of Chicago. Its main borders are the North Branch of the Chicago River, Diversey Avenue, Addison Street, Pulaski Road and the Union Pacific/Northwest rail line; bisecting the community...
, Illinois - Avondale, GeorgiaAvondale, GeorgiaAvondale is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area.for the citae of Avondale Estates in Dekalb County, GA click here...
- Avondale, Jacksonville, Florida, a neighborhood of Jacksonville
- Avondale, LouisianaAvondale, LouisianaAvondale is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 5,441 at the 2000 census...
- Avondale, MarylandAvondale, MarylandAvondale is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. For statistical purposes, it is part of the Chillum census-designated place .-History:...
, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County - Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)Avondale (Westminster, Maryland)Avondale is a historic home located at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. It is a Georgian style, -story brick house, measuring approximately 45 feet long by feet deep, built about 1796. The house has a two-story wing measuring approximately 49 feet long by 13 feet deep...
, historic home listed on the NRHP in Maryland - Avondale, MissouriAvondale, MissouriAvondale is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population was 529 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Avondale is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Avondale, Cincinnati, OhioAvondale, Cincinnati, OhioAvondale is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. It is home to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. It has 18,706 residents, making it Cincinnati's fourth largest neighborhood....
, a neighborhood - Avondale, Stark County, OhioAvondale, Stark County, OhioAvondale is an unincorporated community in southwestern Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States. Located just northwest of Canton and north of Meyers Lake, its altitude is 1,135 feet ....
, an unincorporated community near Canton - Avondale, PennsylvaniaAvondale, PennsylvaniaAvondale is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Avondale is located at ....
- Avondale, McDowell County, West VirginiaAvondale, McDowell County, West VirginiaAvondale is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Avondale lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the community has also been known as Ritter....
In Zimbabwe:
- Avondale, HarareAvondale, HarareAvondale is a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, located about north of Harare city centre. It is the earliest suburb established in Harare, having been laid out in 1903. Prior to becoming a suburb Avondale was a dairy farm and was named after Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland the home of the 19th...
Education
- Avondale CollegeAvondale CollegeAvondale College of Higher Education is an Australian tertiary education provider affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Avondale College has two campuses, Lake Macquarie being the primary campus situated in Cooranbong, New South Wales...
, an Australian tertiary education provider - Avondale College, AucklandAvondale College, AucklandAvondale College is a secondary education college in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of the largest secondary schools in New Zealand with 2,700 students, with 100 of those being international students...
, a secondary education provider - Avondale School (disambiguation)
Transportation
- Avondale (MARTA station)Avondale (MARTA station)Avondale is an at-grade train station on the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system . It serves Avondale Estates, Georgia , Clarkston, and the communities of Druid Hills, Scottsdale, Tucker, Northlake and North Decatur...
, a MARTA station that serves the town of Avondale Estates, Georgia - Avondale ShipyardAvondale ShipyardAvondale Shipyard was an independent shipbuilding company, acquired by Litton Industries, in turn acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Now, along with the former Ingalls Shipbuilding, the yard is part of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The yard is located on the West Bank of the Mississippi...
, an independent shipbuilding company - Avondale Train StationAvondale Train StationAvondale Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. The proposed Avondale–Southdown Line would connect to the Western Line just east of the station.- History :...
, a railway station in Auckland, New Zealand - Avondale Elementary (Canton, Ohio), a school in Canton, Ohio
- A boat, later renamed HeroHero (pinnace)Hero is a steam-powered pinnace, a small boat of the type used, for example, as a tender to larger vessels, believed to have been built as an electric launch, by Andrews of Maidenhead, England in 1895, with the name Avondale....
Other fields
- Avondale Agricultural Research StationAvondale Agricultural Research StationAvondale Agriculture Research Station or Avondale Discovery Farm is one of thirteen research farms and stations operated by Western Australia's Department of Agriculture and Food...
, one of thirteen research farms/stations operated by Western Australia's Department of Agriculture - Avondale Golf Club, a private golf course in Sydney, Australia
- Avondale FC (later Avondale United), a New Zealand football club
See also
- Avon (disambiguation)
- Avondale Estates, GeorgiaAvondale Estates, GeorgiaAvondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2010 census.Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community. The city was named after Stratford-upon-Avon,...
- Avondale Heights, VictoriaAvondale Heights, VictoriaAvondale Heights is a suburb 12 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2006 Census, Avondale Heights had a population of 11,074....
- Avondale High School (disambiguation)
- Avondale HouseAvondale HouseAvondale House, in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland, is the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell one of the greatest political leaders in Irish history.-Place:...
- Duke of Clarence and Avondale
- Earl of Avondale
- Lord AvondaleLord AvondaleThere have been several peerage titles created with the name Avondale , referring to the dale of the Avon Water in Scotland. The word strath also means valley, and the area is now better known as Strathaven....