Advance, Michigan
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Advance, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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|image_skyline = Advance, Michigan (July 2022).jpg
|imagesize = 275
|image_caption = Sommerset General Store on Lake Shore Drive
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|pushpin_label = Advance
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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|image_map = Advance, MI location.png
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|map_caption = Location within Charlevoix County
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Charlevoix
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Eveline
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1865
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 7.12
|area_land_km2 = 7.04
|area_water_km2 = 0.07
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.75
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.72
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 340
|population_density_km2 = 48.26
|population_density_sq_mi = 125.00
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_ft = 598
|coordinates = {{coord|45|13|17|N|85|04|39|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 49712 (Boyne City)
|area_code = 231
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 26-00480
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 0619851{{cite gnis|0619851|Advance|June 2, 2024}}
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Advance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 340 at the 2020 census. The community is located along Lake Charlevoix within Eveline Township.
History
Advance was settled in Eveline Township as early as 1865 along the shores of Pine Lake (now known as Lake Charlevoix) about {{convert|12.0|mi|km|1}} from Charlevoix. A post office in Advance began operating on October 20, 1870. In 1877, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad opened a depot in Advance, and the community recorded a population of 10 at the time. By 1905, the community recorded a population of 105. The post office was disestablished on October 15, 1906. When the depot closed, the community soon dwindled and recorded 62 residents in 1910.{{cite book | last = Ray| first = Dodge | year = 1990 | title = Michigan Ghost Towns: Of the Lower Peninsula (formerly Michigan Ghost Towns I & II) | orig-year= 1970, 1971 | publisher = Thunder Bay Press Michigan | location = Alpena, Michigan | isbn = 0-932-21264-6| pages = Vol. I: 54 }}{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=11}}
The community of Advance was listed as a newly defined census designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = United States Census Bureau| work = 2010 United States census| accessdate = April 13, 2023|page=III-4}}
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Advance CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.72|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (1.10%) is water.
Demographic
As of the 2020 US Census, the population of Advance is 340. The median household income of Advance is $93,438. 51.3% of the population of Advance has a Bachelor's Degree or higher. The employment rate for Advance is 48.3%. There are 284 housing units total in Advance with 195 total households. 2.4% of Advance is without healthcare coverage. There are six individuals in Advance of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Advance_CDP,_Michigan?g=160XX00US2600480 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=data.census.gov}}{{US Census population
|2010= 328
|2020= 340
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Education
The community of Advance is served primarily by Boyne City Public Schools to the east in Boyne City. A smaller western portion of the community may be served by East Jordan Public Schools to the south in East Jordan.{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_CHARLEVOIX%20COUNTY.pdf|title=Charlevoix County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|access-date=August 6, 2022}}
References
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{{Charlevoix County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Charlevoix County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Charlevoix County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan