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Welcome to Yankeetown ...

Yankeetown is located in Warrick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yankeetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Yankeetown is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Yankeetown, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Yankeetown: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Yankeetown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Yankeetown - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yankeetown.

Communities near Yankeetown ...

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

  • Evansville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Owensboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Henderson is located in Henderson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,974 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <4>
  • Boonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Chandler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chandler is located in Warrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,288 people
  • Newburgh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Darmstadt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Lynnville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Grandview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yankeetown ...

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

Adding Yankeetown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yankeetown post office opened in 1853. The Yankeetown post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yankeetown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Warrick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yankeetown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Yankeetown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Yankeetown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/