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History · Yancey

Yancey’s post office opened in 1897

Below: maps from 1964 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Yancey began

When was Yancey founded?

1897

The Yancey post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 300129 years
Founding year: the first Yancey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Yancey’s past

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Yancey, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Yancey yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Yancey is a Census Designated Place in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 13 miles south of Hondo on Farm to Market Road 462 and 36 miles west of San Antonio. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Yancey had a population of 300. It has an oil business, an RV repair business and a restaurant called "Red's Place".

Its first post office opened in 1897.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Yancey, decade by decade

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I-35 South - Exit 114 - TX462 Bigfoot2019I-35 South - Exit 114 - TX462 BigfootYanceyMethodistChurch1 (1 of 1)2018YanceyMethodistChurch1 (1 of 1)
On the map

Yancey on the map, 1964 to 1992

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

Yancey on the 1964 USGS mapYancey on the 1985 USGS mapYancey on the 1992 USGS map1964Yancey 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 Yancey.

Questions about Yancey’s history

What year was Yancey founded?

The Yancey post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.