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Welcome to Yuton ...

Yuton is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yuton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Yuton is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Yuton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.mcleancochamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Yuton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Yuton ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Normal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Eureka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Heyworth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • El Paso
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lexington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roanoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Mackinaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hudson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gridley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yuton ...

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

Adding Yuton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yuton post office opened in 1889. The Yuton post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yuton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yuton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/