NC Gazetteer

Aventon

Also known as: Aventsville
A community in Nash County
… community in N Nash County on the head of Crooked Swamp. Named for the Avent family, which settled there about 1738; descendants still live on the original grant. A post office, Aventsville, opened there prior to 1828; Aventon post office operated from 1903 to 1911. Alt. 175.