Welcome to Progress ...

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

We've added Progress to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Progress - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Progress, please Contact Us.

Progress was located in the Texas Panhandle.

While we don't have the exact location of Progress , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hale County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Progress, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Time Zone: The area where Progress was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Progress would have been located in the (806) area code.

Communities Also Named Progress ...

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

Adding Progress to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Progress 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 Progress was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Progress post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Progress.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Progress, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/