Welcome to Yeakley ...

So far, we found very little information about Yeakley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Yeakley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yeakley, please Contact Us.

Yeakley was located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Yeakley would have been located within present day Greene County<2>.

The location of Yeakley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yeakley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Yeakley is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Yeakley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Yeakley once stood is in the (417) area code.

Communities near Yeakley ...

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

• Springfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 168,090 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <5>
• Nixa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
  • Nixa is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
  • Former name for Nixa:
  • Faught
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <5>
• Republic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Republic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
  • Republic is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Republic <5>
• Battlefield
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
  • Battlefield is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
• Willard
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
  • Willard is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willard <5>
• Mount Vernon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
  • Mount Vernon is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Vernon <5>
• Clever
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clever have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
  • Clever is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <5>
• Marionville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
  • Marionville is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marionville <5>
• Ash Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove
  • Ash Grove is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ash Grove <5>
• Billings
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Billings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
  • Billings is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <5>

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

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

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

Adding Yeakley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yeakley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Yeakley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Yeakley post office opened in 1879.

We also found Yeakley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yeakley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Greene County: www.greenecountymo.org/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/