Advance, North Carolina Advance, North Carolina Advance is positioned in North Carolina Advance - Advance Advance (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable) is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) in Davie County, North Carolina, United States.

As of the 2010 census it had a populace of 1,138. It is positioned along North Carolina Highway 801 just south of Bermuda Run.

Advance is part of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina.

Advance is positioned in easterly Davie County.

Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 7.2 square miles (18.7 km2), of which 7.1 square miles (18.5 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.95%, is water. Neighboring communities and municipalities include Bermuda Run, 4 miles (6 km) to the north, and Mocksville, the Davie County seat, 11 miles (18 km) to the west.

Advance is home to Shady Grove Elementary School and William Ellis Middle School.

Other accounts suggest the improve was titled by inhabitants who hoped that with the addition of a postal service, the improve would advance.

Yet another possibility is that the town was titled after the Confederate blockade steamer A D Vance, which after capture by the Union was retitled the USS Advance.

While Advance remains unincorporated, it is recognized by the US Postal Service under ZIP code 27006.

The common region of Advance includes a several smaller unincorporated communities that are not recognized by the Postal Service: The Advance populace has grown at an accelerated pace inside the past 10 years, with Advance evolving from a non-urban improve into a more suburban bedroom improve of Clemmons and Winston-Salem.

Numerous housing developments have popped up on once-vibrant farmland, but Advance's small town character still shines through.

Advance has had a several businesses that were prominent through its history.

Advance Country Store - has switched locations over the years, but is incessanted by the locals for gossip and coffee.

Advance Video - (no longer in business) known locally as Jitter's.

Tucker's Place restaurant - positioned in the building that once homed Advance Video Advance Baptist Church Advance United Methodist Church Hillsdale United Methodist Church Piney Grove United Methodist Church Fulton United Methodist Church and John Edward Belle Shutt House and Outbuildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Advance CDP, North Carolina".

Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Advance, North Carolina 321 Redland Road, Advance, NC 27006 Municipalities and communities of Davie County, North Carolina, United States

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Census-designated places in Davie County, North Carolina - Census-designated places in North Carolina