Avon NC 27915 Avon was originally named Kinnakeet, the town was renamed by the U.S. Postal Service when a post office was established there in 1883. The U.S. Life-Saving Service constructed the Little Kinnakeet Life Saving Station in 1874, which remained active, under the Coast Guard from 1915, until decommissioned in 1954. The building is now part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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latitude 35 21'7" North longitude 75 30'39" West Vacation Main