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Welcome to Yatesville ...

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

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


Yatesville would have been located within present day Lunenburg County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Yatesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Yatesville is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Yatesville still existed, it would have been in the (434) area code.

Communities Also Named Yatesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Yatesville - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania (2).

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

Communities near Yatesville ...

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

  • South Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
    • South Hill is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Hill <5>
  • Chase City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Victoria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Victoria is located in Lunenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victoria <5>
  • Kenbridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,169 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <5>
  • Keysville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
    • Keysville is located in Charlotte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keysville <5>
  • La Crosse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Crosse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
    • La Crosse is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crosse <5>
  • Drakes Branch
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakes Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Branch
    • Drakes Branch is located in Charlotte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drakes Branch <5>
  • Boydton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boydton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydton
    • Boydton is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boydton <5>
  • Finneywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
    • Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County

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

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

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

Adding Yatesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yatesville 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 Yatesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Yatesville post office opened in 1839.

We also found Yatesville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yatesville.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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 Yatesville, 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 Lunenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yatesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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