Welcome to Yantisville ...

Yantisville is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yantisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Yantisville is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Yantisville ...

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

• Mount Zion
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Zion is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,762 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Zion <3>
• Pana
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pana is located in Christian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pana
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pana <3>
• Shelbyville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,420 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Shelbyville
  • From Yantisville to Shelbyville
• Sullivan
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sullivan is located in Moultrie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sullivan <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sullivan
  • From Yantisville to Sullivan
• Moweaqua
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Moweaqua is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moweaqua
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,684 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moweaqua <3>
• Long Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Long Creek is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Long Creek
  • From Yantisville to Long Creek
• Bethany
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany is located in Moultrie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,210 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <3>
• Windsor
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Windsor is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Windsor
  • From Yantisville to Windsor
• Macon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Macon is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Macon
  • From Yantisville to Macon
• Blue Mound
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blue Mound is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,065 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Mound <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yantisville ...

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

Adding Yantisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yantisville 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 Yantisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Yantisville post office opened in 1880. The Yantisville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yantisville.