Welcome to Yak ...

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

We've added Yak to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Yak - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Yak, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Yak , we believe that it would have been located within present day Pittsylvania County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Time Zone: The area where Yak was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Adding Yak to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Yak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Yak post office opened in 1896.

We also found Yak on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yak.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Yak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Pittsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/