Avoca, MN

Avoca is a city in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 111 residents. In 1879, Avoca was named for the village of Avoca in County Wicklow, Ireland. A Catholic school for Native American girls ran circa 1882-1896 and later reopened in 1905 as a boys military school until it was destroyed by fire on February 12, 1910. The through line in Avoca is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Avoca makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Avoca is just south of Lime Lake. U.S. Highway 59 and Murray County Roads 6 and 38 are the main routes in the community.