Advance, California

Advance, California
Unincorporated community
Advance, California
Coordinates: 36°30′57″N 118°54′09″W / 36.51583°N 118.90250°W / 36.51583; -118.90250Coordinates: 36°30′57″N 118°54′09″W / 36.51583°N 118.90250°W / 36.51583; -118.90250
Country United States
State California
County Tulare
Elevation 1,352 ft (412 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s) 559
GNIS feature ID 1657890[1]

Advance is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California, United States. Advance is 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Three Rivers. Advance was the site of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony, an experimental socialist which existed from 1885 to 1891. A post office opened in the community in 1890; it was moved to Kaweah in 1910.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Advance, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 991. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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