Welcome to Yava ...

Yava is located in Yavapai County<1>.

The location of Yava has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yava, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Yava is 3,510 feet [1,070 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Yava is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Yava lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The area code for Yava: (928)

Communities near Yava ...

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

• Kirkland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Kirkland is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkland <4>
• Skull Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Valley
  • Skull Valley is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skull Valley <4>
• Camp Date Creek ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Date Creek
  • Camp Date Creek is located in Yavapai County
• Kirkland Junction
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Junction
  • Kirkland Junction is located in Yavapai County
• Peeples Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples Valley
  • Peeples Valley is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peeples Valley <4>
• Bagdad
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Bagdad is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bagdad <4>
• Wilhoit
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
  • Wilhoit is located in Yavapai County
• Glen Ilah
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ilah
  • Glen Ilah is located in Yavapai County
• Iron Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
  • Iron Springs is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iron Springs <4>
• Yarnell
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
  • Yarnell is located in Yavapai County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yarnell <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yava ...

Looking for more information about Yava? 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 Yava, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yava.

Adding Yava to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yava 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 for Yava was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Yava post office opened in 1916.

We also found Yava on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yava.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yava. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/