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Welcome to Yankeetown ...

Yankeetown is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yankeetown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Yankeetown is 970 feet [296 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 (for example, toward Lakemont Heights), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Yankeetown: 931

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, Indiana, Minnesota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (5) 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.

  • Clarktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Cookeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sparta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Algood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Newton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Monterey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • White Plains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Spencer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Baxter
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

From that list, the Yankeetown post office opened in 1890. The Yankeetown post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yankeetown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including White, 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>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/