Yale, KS

Yale is a census-designated place in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 81 residents. Yale is located northeast of Frontenac at the intersection of E 600th Ave and S 250th St, approximately one mile west of the Missouri state border. The community is home to the Chicken Mary's and Chicken Annie's restaurants. That mix gives Yale a clear local shape within Kansas, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Yale was a mining town on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Founded by the Western Coal and Mining Company, Yale served as a primarily African American mining camp from 1890 to 1930. Yale is home to Chicken Mary's.