Yatesboro, Pennsylvania facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yatesboro, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Yatesboro, Pennsylvania Location in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Armstrong
Township	Valley
Elevation	1,132 ft (345 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	16263
GNIS feature ID	1191863

Yatesboro is a small community in Pennsylvania, USA. It is not a city or a town with its own government. Instead, it is an unincorporated community that is part of a larger area. This area is called Cowanshannock Township.

You can find Yatesboro about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) west of another community called Rural Valley. Yatesboro has its own post office with a special code for mail delivery. This code is ZIP Code 16263.

History of Yatesboro

Yatesboro started around the year 1900. It was built as a company town. This means a company owned most of the homes and businesses. The Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company built Yatesboro on what used to be farmland.

Company Towns and Their Sale

Yatesboro was one of 17 company towns built by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company. In 1947, these towns were all sold.

Other towns sold at that time included:

• McIntyre
• Coal Run
• Iselin
• Waterman
• Lucernemines
• Aultman
• Ernest
• Tidesdale
• Coy
• Luciusboro
• Fulton Run
• Nu Mines
• Margaret
• Helvetia
• Twin Rocks
• Yatesboro Lots

Geography of Yatesboro

Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County. The land where Yatesboro sits is 1,132 feet (345 meters) above sea level. This information can be found on the Rural Valley U.S. Geological Survey Map.

Armstrong County, where Yatesboro is located, uses the Eastern Time Zone. This means the time there is usually five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC -5 hours). During part of the year, they switch to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), which is four hours behind UTC (UTC -4 hours).