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Yawkey (also Porter Fork) is an unincorporated community in eastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at the intersection of West Virginia Routes 3 and 214, east of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County.[1] Its elevation is 738 feet (225 m).[2] Although it is unincorporated, it had a post office,[3] with the ZIP code 25573.[4]

Yawkey, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Amy Missionary Baptist Church
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Coordinates: 38°13′30″N 81°57′53″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Lincoln
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25573

The community most likely was named after the Yawkey family.[5]

1950s TV personality Dagmar was born in Yawkey.[6]

Gallery

Yawkey postmark

References

Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 112.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yawkey, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-03-29.
http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=52623 ^{[dead link]}
USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 695.
"WV Film Office – Famous WV Connections". Welcome to West Virginia. West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved April 4, 2017.

External links

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Hamlin
Towns	Hamlin West Hamlin	Lincoln County map
CDPs	Alum Creek‡ Harts
Unincorporated communities	Alkol Allen Atenville Bernie Bolin Bradyville Branchland Bulger Cuzzie Dollie East Eden Park Ferrellsburg Fourteen Fork Junction Fry Garretts Bend Gill Griffithsville Hager Hubball Irene Jenks Kinder Lattin Leet Midkiff Minerva Mud Myra Palermo Pleasant View Portersville Priestley Ranger Redwing Sheridan Sias Snowden Sod Spurlockville Sumerco Sweetland Toney Wewanta Woodville Yawkey
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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