Yankeetown, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°22′48″N 90°47′52″W / 43.38000°N 90.79778°W | |
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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] |
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]
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.