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Yantis, TX - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Yantis  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Yantis Home page. The Yantis Home page provides as much information as possible on Yantis. Knowing Yantis’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Yantis’s Home page, you will also find Yantis’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Yantis has a population of 348. 45.1% of Yantis’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.9 are female. 55.7% of Yantis is married and 54.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $127,705, and the average rent is $609. Household median income in Yantis is $33,333, and the individual median income is $21,544. Yantis’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.8%), Hispanic(17.2%), Multiple(4.9%), Asian(2.3%).


The area that became Yantis was reportedly settled initially by Harry M. Matthews as early as 1860. By 1870, a gristmill and cotton gin in the area were being operated by J. Singleton. The community was served by the Quitman post office until 1885 when it received its own post office. the town was named for its first postmaster, George R.


Yantis. George Yantis also ran a gristmill and gin in the community around 1890.By 1896, the area had its own justice, bailiff, sheriff, two churches, and five schools. By 1914, the town had a phone connection and 21 businesses including Yantis State Bank. Population peaked in the 1930s at 500. The discovery of the Yantis Oilfield in 1947 did not have a lasting impact on the community.


Yantis incorporated as a municipality in the late 1960s.


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