Welcome to Avance ...
So far, we found very little information about Avance. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Avance to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Avance, please Contact Us.
Avance would have been located within present day Meade County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Avance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Avance is 2,520 feet [768 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Avance is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Avance was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Avance, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
The Area Code where Avance was located: 605
Communities near Avance ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Avance.
- Faith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faith have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Faith is located in Meade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <5>
- Opal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Opal is located in Meade County
- Estimated population in 2014: 30 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opal <5>
- Marcus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Marcus is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marcus <5>
- Red Owl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
- Red Owl is located in Meade County
- Cedar Canyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar Canyon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
- Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
- Howes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Howes is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howes <5>
- White Owl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Owl
- White Owl is located in Meade County
- Estimated population in 2014: 373 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Owl <5>
- Enning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enning have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enning
- Enning is located in Meade County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enning <5>
- Red Elm ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Bridger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
- Bridger is located in Ziebach 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 Avance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Avance.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Avance. See our Newspapers Page for Avance.
Adding Avance to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Avance 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 Avance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Avance post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Avance.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Meade County: www.meadecounty.org/
The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Avance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Avance - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |