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YATES, TEXAS
AKA Yates Crossing

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Kimble County, Texas Hill Country

About 12 Miles NE of Junction
Exact directions (may be) available in Junction
Population: Unknown

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History in a Pecan Shell

Also known as Yates Crossing, this former town began as a crossing for cattle herds on the Llano River. Joseph A. Yates applied for a post office which was granted in 1907. The ford was simply called the Beef Trail Crossing. Huge herds of cattle made the crossing from the late 1860s through the 1880s. After Yates, a man named Tully Lange became postmaster. It was Lange who oversaw the closing of the post office in 1930.

The population of Yates peaked with 51 residents in the 1930s. The town's anchor was a store and gas station. Ten people were counted in the late 1950s, the last time anyone bothered to do so.

Yates, TX, Kimble County Post Office info
Yates, TX, Kimble County  1908 postmark
Postcard canceled with Yates, TX 1908 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection
Yates, TX, Kimble County  1930 postmark
Cover canceled with Yates, TX 1930 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection
Kimble County TX 1920s Map
Kimble County TX 1920s map showing Yates on Llano River
NE of Junction
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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Yates, Texas Nearby Towns:
Junction the county seat
Mason | Fredericksburg | Kerrville | Rocksprings
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