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History · Yeehaw Junction

Half of Yeehaw Junction’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Yeehaw Junction was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1953 on.

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What stands out about Yeehaw Junction’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Yeehaw Junction are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yeehaw Junction’s history is told.

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How Yeehaw Junction came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Yeehaw Junction.

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Some say the community's name comes from the fact locals would yell "Yeehaw!", while others believe the name is derived from the Creek language word meaning "wolf". According to town historians and several original newspaper articles that were displayed at the Desert Inn and Restaurant, the town was originally named "Jackass Junction" or "Jackass Crossing". This name was given to the four-corner site back in the early 1930s, when local ranchers rode on burros to visit the Desert Inn (then the local brothel). As the 1950s approached, the Florida legislature felt that a name change was due in light of the construction of Florida's Turnpike through the center of the community in 1957, resulting in renaming the town to its present-day name.

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By decade

Yeehaw Junction, decade by decade

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On the map

Yeehaw Junction on the map, 1953 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Yeehaw Junction. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Yeehaw Junction on the 1953 USGS mapYeehaw Junction on the 1972 USGS map1953Fort Drum NW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Yeehaw Junction.

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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 (18), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.