Yankeetown, Wisconsin

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]

Yankeetown, Wisconsin
Yankeetown
Yankeetown
Coordinates: 43°22′48″N 90°47′52″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyCrawford
TownClayton
Elevation
237 m (778 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)608
GNIS feature ID2760638[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.

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