[5] Åfjord Church is located in Å, just west of the Nordalselva river.

[6] With the Norwegian spelling reforms in the early 20th century, the letter "Aa" was changed to "Å".

On 13 July 1934, the name of the municipality was changed from "Å" to "Åfjord".

Since then, the administrative centre in the municipality was referred to as "Å i Åfjord".

On 1 November 1980, the postal service changed the name from "Å i Åfjord" to "Årnes".