Avon Lake is located along the Lake Erie shoreline and stretches for approximately five miles forming a northward arch into the lake. The city lies on a part of Tract Seven of the Connecticut Western Reserve, lands that were reserved for families whose farms had been destroyed or who lost their belongings during the Revolutionary War.

The city traces its history back to the very early 1800's when the area started as a farming community and progressed to grape growing vineyards. Later, Avon Lake became a lakeshore summer cottage resort and is now a growing suburb.