Yale, Mississippi

Yale is a ghost town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.[1]

Yale, Mississippi
Ghost town
Yale is located in Mississippi
Yale
Yale
Yale is located in the United States
Yale
Yale
Coordinates: 34°19′00″N 88°13′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyItawamba
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID706283[1]

Yale was located five miles north of Tremont and one mile west of State Highway 23N.

The population was 21 in 1900.[2]

A post office operated under the name Yale from 1891 to 1907.[3]

A private academy, the Oakland Normal Institute, was located at Yale and provided a classical education in art and Latin, as well as education and business courses.[4] The school was established in 1887, and remained open until 1904, when it became a county school.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yale, Mississippi
  2. Rowland, Dunbar, ed. Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (3 vols.) Atlanta: Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907. Vol. 2, p. 994
  3. "Itawamba County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. "Oakland Normal Institute Graduation Program: 1895". Itawamba Historical Society. March 8, 2009.
  5. "Oakland Normal Institute". Itwamba County. Retrieved March 18, 2014.


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