Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
Yatesboro is an unincorporated community that is located in Cowanshannock Township, Pennsylvania. The community is situated 1.0 mile (1.6 km) west of Rural Valley.
Yatesboro has a post office with ZIP Code 16263.[2][3]
History
Yatesboro was founded as a company town circa 1900. It was built on farmland by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company.[4]
It was one of seventeen company towns that were sold in 1947, including McIntyre, Coal Run, Iselin, Waterman, Lucernemines, Aultman, Ernest, Tidesdale, Coy, Luciusboro, Fulton Run, Nu Mines, Yatesboro, Margaret, Helvetia, Twin Rocks, and Yatesboro Lots.[4]
Geography
The elevation is 1,132 feet. Yatesboro appears on the Rural Valley U.S. Geological Survey Map.
Armstrong County is located in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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