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is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. , the town has an estimated total population of 17,209.
Avon is a suburb of Hartford. Avon Old Farms School, a prestigious boarding school, is located there. In 2005, Avon was named the third-safest town in America by Money Magazine. It is home to the Pine Grove School House, which was built in 1865 and remains open today as a museum. Avon was listed as one of the "preppiest" places in the United States in the 1980s best-seller The Official Preppy Handbook. An episode of MTV's My Super Sweet 16 took place there.
Avon is home to Avon High School (Connecticut), as well as two elementary schools, an intermediate (grades 5-6) school, and a middle school.
One of the worst traffic accidents in Connecticut history occurred at the intersection of US 44 and Route 10 at the foot of Avon Mountain. This occurred on July 29, 2005 when a runaway dump truck plowed into many stopped vehicles, causing four deaths. Governor M. Jodi Rell has since proposed safety improvements for this road A second, nonfatal crash occurred at the same location on September 7, 2007 when a runaway truck crashed into Nassau's Furniture store . Since these accidents, a run-away truck ramp has been built to avoid future fatalities.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (60.9 km²), of which 23.1 sq m (59.9 km²) is land and 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km² or 1.70%) is water.
The East side of Avon is flanked by Talcott Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge, a mountainous traprock ridgeline that stretches from Long Island Sound to near the Vermont border. Talcott Mountain is a popular outdoor recreation resource notable for its towering western cliff faces. The Metacomet Trail traverses the Talcott Mountain ridge.