Yerkes is an

unincorporated village An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County,

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, United States, just southwest of Collegeville. Yerkes is at a former road crossing of the

Perkiomen Creek Perkiomen Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edw ...

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Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{MontgomeryCountyPA-geo-stub