Yale, Mississippi Explained

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]

References

  1. 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
  2. Web site: Itawamba County . Jim Forte Postal History . August 1, 2021.
  3. Web site: Oakland Normal Institute Graduation Program: 1895 . Itawamba Historical Society . March 8, 2009 .
  4. Web site: Oakland Normal Institute . Itwamba County . March 18, 2014.