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Welcome to Yale ...

Yale is located in Cowlitz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

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

Time Zone: Yale lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Yale: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Yale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Yale - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Idaho (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Yale ...

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

  • Battle Ground
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • La Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Yacolt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Chelatchie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chelatchie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelatchie
  • Cougar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Amboy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ariel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Fargher Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fargher Lake is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher Lake
  • Etna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Etna is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yale ...

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

Adding Yale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yale post office opened in 1898. The Yale post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Cowlitz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yale - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Yale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Yale 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/