Welcome to Advance ...
Advance is located Advance is located in Parker County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Advance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Advance is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Advance lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time 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, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Advance. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Advance. 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. 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. We originally found mention of Advance in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Advance.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Advance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Parker County: www.co.parker.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities Also Named Advance ...
Communities near Advance ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Advance ...
Adding Advance to Our Gazetteer ...
X2X - From that list, the Advance post office opened in 1894.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Parker, 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> 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> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/