Yatesville Pennsylvania Map

About Yatesville, Pennsylvania

Yatesville is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Yatesville is located at 40.8251°N, 76.1713°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18640.

Yatesville lies cradled by rolling hills, their slopes a patchwork of deciduous trees that blaze with color in autumn and stand stark and skeletal against the winter sky. It lies 13.8 miles south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 228°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of Pottsville. The land here is a testament to the slow, persistent work of water and ice, its contours softened by time, giving way to broad valleys where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles. Small streams, clear and cold, thread their way through the landscape, their burbling a constant, gentle soundtrack to the quietude. Even on a bright summer day, a certain hush seems to settle over Yatesville, a feeling of being held by the surrounding woods, with the sky a vast, pale blue canvas above. The history of Yatesville is deeply entwined with the extraction of anthracite coal, a subterranean legacy that shaped its very character and economy for generations. Though the deep mines have long since fallen silent, their echoes linger in the stoic faces of its residents and the weathered, sturdy architecture of its older buildings. The local economy has since diversified, with small businesses and a resurgence in agriculture providing a new pulse for the community, though the memory of the coal veins still influences the rhythm of life. Occasionally, one can still find remnants of the past – a discarded pickaxe, a rusted piece of machinery – half-swallowed by the encroaching green, whispers of a harder, grittier era that built Yatesville.

About This Yatesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yatesville, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.825088, -76.171327. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Yatesville and Schuylkill County.

Detailed location data for Yatesville includes the ZIP code (17948), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Pittston Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Yatesville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.