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Welcome to Advance ...

Advance is located in Charlevoix County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Advance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Advance is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Advance lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Advance: 231

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), California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 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.

  • Petoskey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Boyne City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Boyne City is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyne City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,717 people
    • Former names for Boyne City:
    • Bay Springs
    • Boyne
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyne City <3>
  • Charlevoix
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • East Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbor Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bellaire
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Central Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellsworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Boyne Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Horton Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Horton Bay is located in Charlevoix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Bay

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Advance ...

Looking for more information about Advance? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Advance, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Advance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Advance post office opened in 1870. The Advance post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Advance.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Charlevoix, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Advance - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/