Yates is a former

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Taylor County,

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. The site is now underwater in Tygart Lake, having been inundated after construction of the Tygart Dam (1934–38).

References

Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Taylor County, West Virginia {{TaylorCountyWV-geo-stub