Yankeetown is an

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in the

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of Clayton, Crawford County,

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, United States, approximately two miles southwest of Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin on

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History

The cemetery there (still extant) was established around 1861; it is the oldest in the town of Clayton. In 1870 there was a

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house there, which was used for services by a newly organized congregation of the

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. William Henry Evans, a farmer, lawyer, and member of the

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, lived in Yankeetown.Turner, A. J., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc.'' Thirteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; p. 457
/ref> The Yankeetown post office ceased to be listed in the ''

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'' as of the 1883 edition.

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{CrawfordCountyWI-geo-stub