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Welcome to Yorkville ...

Yorkville is located in Racine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yorkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Yorkville has a population of 3,145 people<2> (see below for details).

Yorkville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Yorkville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Yorkville: 262

Communities Also Named Yorkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Yorkville - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2), Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Yorkville ...

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

  • Kenosha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
  • Racine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Racine is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
  • West Allis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • New Berlin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Greenfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Oak Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
  • Muskego
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
  • Caledonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Caledonia is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,235 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yorkville ...

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

Adding Yorkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yorkville 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 Yorkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Yorkville post office opened in 1840. The Yorkville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yorkville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Racine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Yorkville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yorkville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/