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Created page "Advance, Missouri"
'''Advance''' is a 4th-class city in northern Stoddard County, approximately 25 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau and 20 miles north of Dexter. The population was 1,347 at the 2010 Census. The city's name is pronounced with a stress on the first syllable: "AD-vance."
==History==
Advance was incorporated in 1883.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/publications/municipalities07.pdf</ref> It was established close to the site of an older community known as Lakeville, due to the many small lakes in the area. Originally called New Lakeville, it received its current name in 1910 after the extension of Louis Houck's railroad to the settlement, when the postmaster suggested "Advance" in honor of the advancement. The origin of the unusual pronunciation is unclear.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html</ref>
During the early 20th century, State Highway 25, a major thoroughfare, was run through Advance; this allowed the town to avoid the economic and population decline that later happened in many towns of Southeast Missouri, as it could serve as a hub for the surrounding area.
==References==
==History==
Advance was incorporated in 1883.<ref>https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/publications/municipalities07.pdf</ref> It was established close to the site of an older community known as Lakeville, due to the many small lakes in the area. Originally called New Lakeville, it received its current name in 1910 after the extension of Louis Houck's railroad to the settlement, when the postmaster suggested "Advance" in honor of the advancement. The origin of the unusual pronunciation is unclear.<ref>https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html</ref>
During the early 20th century, State Highway 25, a major thoroughfare, was run through Advance; this allowed the town to avoid the economic and population decline that later happened in many towns of Southeast Missouri, as it could serve as a hub for the surrounding area.
==References==