Yukon, Missouri

Yukon is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the junction of Route 17 and Route 137 about nine miles east of Houston. The community was founded in 1900 and is named after the Gold rush in the Yukon that occurred in 1898-1899.^[1] Its post office is closed, and mail now comes from nearby Houston.

References

↑ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26.

Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Houston

Cities	Cabool Houston Licking Mountain Grove‡ Summersville‡

Villages	Plato Raymondville

Townships	Boone Burdine Carroll Cass Clinton Current Date Jackson Lynch Morris Ozark Pierce Piney Roubidoux Sargent Sherrill Upton

Unincorporated communities	Bendavis Bucyrus Clara Elk Creek Ellis Prairie Eunice Hartshorn Huggins Kimble Maples Roby Sherrill Simmons Solo Success Tyrone Upton Yukon

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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