Yates, Missouri

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Yates is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

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A variant name was "Yatesville". [1] A post office called Yatesville was established in 1879, the name was changed to Yates in 1882, and the post office closed in 1954. [2] The community has the name of George Yates, the original owner of the town site. [3] The Battle of Roan's Tan Yard occurred near the site of Yates.Weeks, Michael (2009). The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. ISBN   978-0-88150-860-4.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yates
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Randolph County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Taylor, James A., ed. (1932). Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America: Souvenir Volume of Annual Championship Meetings of 1929–1932. p. 366.

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