Thanks to the tip below I was able to locate where Avoca School used to be. Looks like it was in a hollow about 1 mile N of Valles Mines, just S of Papin Rd. I suspect the town was just N of Valles Mines and E of Valle Lake on Joachim Creek. Mike Flannigan Tanya wrote: > Don't know the specifics but I do know that there was an Avoca school. I > know that DeSoto Public Lib had info on that with children that went there. > Maybe ghost town is near by. Good luck and would like to hear more on this. > Tanya in MO