Yankeetown, Wisconsin

Yankeetown, Wisconsin
Yankeetown, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
	Yankeetown Yankeetown
	Coordinates: 43°22′48″N 90°47′52″W / 43.38000°N 90.79778°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Crawford
Town	Clayton
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	2760638

Yankeetown is an unincorporated community in the town of Clayton, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States, approximately two miles southwest of Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 131.^[1]

History

The cemetery there (still extant) was established around 1861; it is the oldest in the town of Clayton. In 1870 there was a schoolhouse there, which was used for services by a newly organized congregation of the Disciples of Christ.^[2]

William Henry Evans, a farmer, lawyer, and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, lived in Yankeetown.^[3]

The Yankeetown post office ceased to be listed in the Wisconsin Blue Book as of the 1883 edition.

Notes

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[gnis-1] "Yankeetown, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of their towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens Springfield, Illinois, 1884; p. 579

[3] Turner, A. J., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Thirteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; p. 457

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Prairie du Chien
City	Prairie du Chien
Villages	Bell Center De Soto‡ Eastman Ferryville Gays Mills Lynxville Mount Sterling Soldiers Grove Steuben Wauzeka
Towns	Bridgeport Clayton Eastman Freeman Haney Marietta Prairie du Chien Scott Seneca Utica Wauzeka
CDP	Seneca
Other communities	Barnum Boydtown Bridgeport Charme Easter Rock Fairview Harmony Hill Montgomeryville Mount Zion North Clayton Petersburg Pine Knob Plugtown Reed Rising Sun Rolling Ground Towerville White Corners Yankeetown
Indian reservation	Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Yankeetown, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Yankeetown Show map of Wisconsin Yankeetown Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 43°22′48″N 90°47′52″W / 43.38000°N 90.79778°W / 43.38000; -90.79778
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Crawford
Town	Clayton
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	2760638^[1]