Idaho Gazetteer
Yankee Fork is a physical feature (stream) in Custer County. The primary coordinates for Yankee Fork places it within the ID 83278 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Yankee Fork |
| Category: | Idaho physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | 28 mile long tributary of Salmon River. |
| History: | "In 1876 prospectors made a strike that they named for General George Custer who had just suffered disaster with the Sioux onthe Little Big Horn. Most of the prospectors who subsequently flooded this area were Yankees and named this creek ""Yankee"" as a slap at the Confederate miners of Secesh Creek, Warren Diggings." |
| County: | Custer County |
| Latitude: | 44.2696344 |
| Longitude: | -114.7345208 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Yankee Fork: Yankee Fork.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Yankee Fork does not include property ownership information.
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Stanley, ID
(10.8 miles WSW) |
Clayton, ID
(16.6 miles E) |
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Sunbeam, ID
(< 0.1 mile) |
Robinson Bar, ID
(3.4 miles ESE) |
