John Thomas Averill was a United States Army officer in the American Civil War who later became a U.S. congressional representative from Minnesota.

Alna is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 710 at the 2020 census. Alna is home to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum and is noted for its historic architecture, including the early mill village of Head Tide.