Official Name: | Yale, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Yale |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Itawamba |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 538 |
Coordinates: | 34.3167°N -88.2292°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 706283 |
Yale is a ghost town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.
Yale was located five miles north of Tremont and one mile west of State Highway 23N.
The population was 21 in 1900.[1]
A post office operated under the name Yale from 1891 to 1907.[2]
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.[3] The school was established in 1887, and remained open until 1904, when it became a county school.[4]