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Welcome to Yokum ...

Yokum is located in Upshur County<1>.

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

Yokum is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yokum lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Yokum: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Yokum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Yokum - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Yokum ...

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

  • Elkins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Buckhannon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Philippi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Belington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mill Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
  • Beverly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Junior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Junior is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Womelsdorf
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Huttonsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Montrose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Montrose is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 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 Yokum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yokum.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yokum ...

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

Adding Yokum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yokum post office opened in 1898. The Yokum post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yokum.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yokum - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Yokum area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Yokum 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/