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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 an unincorporated community that is located in Cowanshannock Township, Pennsylvania. The community is situated 1.0 mile (1.6 km) west of Rural Valley.

Yatesboro has a post office with ZIP Code 16263.

History

Yatesboro was founded as a company town circa 1900. It was built on farmland by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company.

It was one of seventeen company towns that were sold in 1947, including McIntyre, Coal Run, Iselin, Waterman, Lucernemines, Aultman, Ernest, Tidesdale, Coy, Luciusboro, Fulton Run, Nu Mines, Yatesboro, Margaret, Helvetia, Twin Rocks, and Yatesboro Lots.

Geography

The elevation is 1,132 feet. Yatesboro appears on the Rural Valley U.S. Geological Survey Map.

Armstrong County is located in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).

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