Yatesboro is an
unincorporated community
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located in
Cowanshannock Township, Pennsylvania
Cowanshannock Township is a township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,742 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 2,899 tabulated in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...
. The community is located west of
Rural Valley. Yatesboro has a
post office
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with
ZIP Code 16263.
The elevation is 1,132 feet. Yatesboro appears on the Rural Valley U.S. Geological Survey Map. Armstrong County is in the
Eastern Time Zone
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(UTC -5 hours).
History
Yatesboro was founded as a company town ''circa'' 1900, and built on farmland by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company.
It was one of 17 company towns sold in 1947:
McIntyre, Coal Run,
Iselin, Waterman,
Lucernemines,
Aultman,
Ernest
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People
* Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Ernest, ...
, Tidesdale, Coy, Luciusboro, Fulton Run,
Nu Mines, Yatesboro, Margaret,
Helvetia
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The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss fl ...
,
Twin Rocks, and Yatesboro Lots.
References
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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