Welcome to Yatton ...

So far, we found very little information about Yatton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Yatton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yatton, please Contact Us.

Yatton would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

The location of Yatton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yatton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1843.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Yatton is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Yatton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Yatton would have been located in the (319) area code.

Communities Also Named Yatton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Yatton - they are located in Michigan and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yatton.

Communities near Yatton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yatton.

• Iowa City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
  • Iowa City is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,608 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa City <5>
• Coralville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coralville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coralville
  • Coralville is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,484 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coralville <5>
• North Liberty
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Liberty
  • North Liberty is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Liberty <5>
• Washington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Washington is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,206 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <5>
• Tiffin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
  • Tiffin is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,629 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiffin <5>
• West Liberty
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
  • West Liberty is located in Muscatine County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,734 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Liberty <5>
• Kalona
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kalona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalona
  • Kalona is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalona <5>
• West Branch
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
  • West Branch is located in Cedar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,519 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Branch <5>
• Columbus Junction
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Junction
  • Columbus Junction is located in Louisa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus Junction <5>
• Wellman
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
  • Wellman is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Yatton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yatton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yatton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yatton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yatton. See our Newspapers Page for Yatton.

Adding Yatton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yatton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Yatton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Yatton post office opened in 1843.

We also found Yatton in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yatton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/