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Welcome to Vance ...

Vance is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Vance is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vance lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Vance: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Vance ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Vance - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Vance ...

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

  • Morton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cora is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
  • Glenoma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Packwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Longmire
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mineral
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Elbe
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ajlune
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Ajlune is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajlune
  • Alder
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Alder is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vance.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vance. 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 Vance.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vance ...

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

Adding Vance to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vance 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 (so far) for Vance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vance post office opened in 1886. The Vance post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vance.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vance - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Vance area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Vance area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/