Welcome to Yantley ...

Yantley is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yantley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Yantley is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yantley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Yantley ...

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

• York
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • York is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
  • Former names for York:
  • New York Station
  • York Station
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <3>
• Butler
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler is located in Choctaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <3>
• Lisman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lisman is located in Choctaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
• Cuba
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cuba is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
• Pennington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
• Needham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Needham is located in Choctaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
• Cromwell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
• Whynot
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
• Kinterbish
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
• Ward
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ward is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward

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 Yantley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yantley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yantley. 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 Yantley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yantley ...

Looking for more information about Yantley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Yantley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yantley.

Adding Yantley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yantley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Yantley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Yantley post office opened in 1844. The Yantley post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yantley.