Welcome to Advance ...

So far, we found very little information about Advance. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Advance to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Advance, please Contact Us.

Advance would have been located within present day Tulare County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Advance, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Advance is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Advance was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Advance once stood is in the (559) area code.

Communities Also Named Advance ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Advance - they are located in Arkansas (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Advance.

Communities near Advance ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Advance.

• Woodlake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
  • Woodlake is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,934 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodlake <4>
• Three Rivers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
  • Three Rivers is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Three Rivers <4>
• Hartland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Hartland is located in Tulare County
• Badger
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
  • Badger is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Badger <4>
• Stony Creek Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek Village
  • Stony Creek Village is located in Tulare County
• Lemon Cove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Cove
  • Lemon Cove is located in Tulare County
  • Lemon Cove has also been known as:
  • Lemoncove
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemon Cove <4>
• Woodlake Junction
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Junction
  • Woodlake Junction is located in Tulare County
• Miramonte
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miramonte
  • Miramonte is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miramonte <4>
• Pinehurst
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
  • Pinehurst is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehurst <4>
• Silver City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Tulare County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Advance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Advance.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Advance. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Advance.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Advance. See our Newspapers Page for Advance.

Adding Advance to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Advance in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Advance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Advance post office opened in 1890.

We also found Advance in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Advance.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/