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Welcome to Progress ...

Progress is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Progress is located in Bailey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Progress, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Progress is 3,880 feet [1,183 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Progress is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Progress lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Progress (for example, toward Portales (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Progress: 806

Communities Also Named Progress ...

While we believe that this Progress is located in Bailey County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Progress. Those communities are located in the following counties: Hale and Palo Pinto County.

Beyond Texas, there are 22 communities that are also named Progress - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Mississippi (3), Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Progress ...

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

  • Muleshoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bovina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Farwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Texico
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Texico is located in Curry County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,062 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texico <3>
  • Lazbuddie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stegall
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Stegall is located in Bailey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
  • Arch
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Arch is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
  • Sudan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clovis
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Clovis is located in Curry County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clovis <3>
  • Earth
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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 Progress. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Progress.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Progress ...

Looking for more information about Progress? 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 Progress, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Progress.

Adding Progress to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Progress 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 Progress was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Progress post office opened in 1927. The Progress post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Progress.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Bailey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Progress - 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/