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History · Yankeetown

Yankeetown dates to 1923, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Eugene Knotts House. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1940 on.

1923founded
1on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Yankeetown began

When was Yankeetown founded?

1923

Yankeetown dates its founding to 1923 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1905.

2020 census: 588103 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1905.The full story ↓

What stands out about Yankeetown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Yankeetown’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yankeetown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windha…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Yankeetown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Yankeetown.

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Yankeetown was founded in 1923 by the Indiana politician and lawyer Armanis F. Knotts, who moved to the area because of his great love for hunting. The settlement was originally an unincorporated village named "Knotts Village", after the founder's surname. However, stories have it that the present name comes from a local mail carrier, an "unreconstructed Confederate," who frequently and derisively directed visitors to the settlement that he called "that Yankee town." The "Town of Yankeetown" was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1925.

The town was initially supposed to be the western end of the 1930s proposed, but never actualized, Cross Florida Barge Canal.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Yankeetown, 1905 to 1940

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Port Inglis post office opens
  3. 1916Post officeThe Port Inglis post office closes
  4. 1923
    FoundingYankeetown is established
  5. 1926Post officeThe Yankeetown post office opens
  6. 1940In the archiveConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District o…
By decade

Yankeetown, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…1940Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- D…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Yankeetown Izaak Walton Lodge012007Yankeetown Izaak Walton Lodge01Yankeetown CRPP west022007Yankeetown CRPP west02Yankeetown CRPP west012007Yankeetown CRPP west01Inglis from2007Inglis fromFLMap-doton-Yankeetown2004FLMap-doton-Yankeetown
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…
Retake this viewConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…, 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Yankeetown’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Yankeetown

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
Eugene Knotts House
Eugene Knotts House
Buildings
All 1 listings
Eugene Knotts HouseBuilding · listed 2018

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Yankeetown

Nobody well known was born in Yankeetown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Quinyon MitchellAmerican football player · b. 2001
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Sil AustinAmerican jazz saxophonist · b. 1929
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Carleigh WilliamsAmerican soccer player · b. 1992
Terrence BrooksAmerican football player · b. 1991
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Ernie MillsAmerican college football player, professional … · b. 1968
Gene HodgesAmerican politician · b. 1936
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Yankeetown’s post office has been open since 1926. Another post office, Port Inglis, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Port Inglis
1905–1916
Yankeetown
1926–today
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Port Inglis

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Yankeetown’s history

What year was Yankeetown founded?

In 1923, according to Wikidata. Yankeetown’s post office opened in 1905.

What is on the National Register in Yankeetown?

One place: the Eugene Knotts House (listed 2018).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.