Yale, Mississippi
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.
A post office operated under the name Yale from 1891 to 1907.
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. The school was established in 1887, and remained open until 1904, when it became a county school.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yale, Mississippi
- ^ 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
- ^ "Itawamba County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Oakland Normal Institute Graduation Program: 1895". Itawamba Historical Society. March 8, 2009.
- ^ "Oakland Normal Institute". Itwamba County. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
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