The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Yetter.
Yetter was platted in 1899. It was named for its founder, L. M. Yetter.
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Yetter’s post office opened in 1899, and 63% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1980 on and the census since 1910.
1899first post office
0on the National Register
63%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Yetter began, and where its name came from
When was Yetter founded?
1899
The Yetter post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 107 in 19102020 census: 19127 years
How did Yetter get its name?
Yetter was named for its founder, L. M. Yetter.
Founding year: the first Yetter post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
What stands out about Yetter’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Yetter’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yetter’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Yetter, census by census
Peaked at 135 in 1940; 19 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Yetter’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Yetter, 1899 to 1980
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1899Post officeThe Yetter post office opens
- 20th century
- 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 135
- 1964Post officeThe Yetter post office closes
- 1980
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
Yetter, decade by decade
Today2 recent
2020
2004On the map
Yetter on the map, 1980 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Yetter. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1980Yetter sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Yetter.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Yetter itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and places now gone
Yetter had its own post office from 1899 to 1964.
Yetter
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Yetter Post Officepost office
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Yetter’s history
What year was Yetter founded?
The Yetter post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.