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Yeakley

Ghost town · Greene County, Missouri

Brookline quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Brookline quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Yeakley is a ghost town in Greene County, Missouri. It is one of 3 former communities in Greene County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 64th among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Yeakley as a historical populated place on the Brookline topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.2070° N, 93.4863° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrookline
Elevation1,118 ft
Nearest living townRepublic, MO
Distance to it4.8 miles
GNIS feature ID755663
Coordinates37.20699, -93.48631

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What's there now

Yeakley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Republic, MO (population 19,233), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,118 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Yeakley?

Yeakley is in Greene County, Missouri, at 37.2070, -93.4863.

How many ghost towns are in Greene County?

Greene County, Missouri has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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