Avance

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · SOUTH DAKOTA

A historical populated place in Meade County, South Dakota, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Avance
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: South Dakota
County: Meade County
USGS Map: Avance
Coordinates: 44.9183197, -102.2476606
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GNIS Feature ID: 1266769

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Named for John Avance, owner of the ranch where the po was established in 1900. (SD-T17/p48)

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1266769. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

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Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.