Do you know of Yankee ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Yankee. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Yankee.<1>
Our sources for Yankee (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Yankee other than they indicate that Yankee would be found somewhere in Clay County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1878 and closed in 1901.
Communities Also Named Yankee ...
We found two communities that share the name Yankee.
Within Iowa, the name Yankee is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Yankee ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Yankee:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Yankee - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Clay County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Clay County.
| Annieville | |
| Hay Siding | |
| Clark | |
| Clay Siding | Ingleville |
| Corn Belt | |
| Cromwell Centre | Platt |
| Prospect | |
| Freeman | |
| Summit | |
| Gillett |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |