Yerecoin, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Yerecoin
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Victoria Plains
est = 1920s
postcode = 6571
pop =
dist1 = 156 | dir1 = NNE | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 35 | dir2 = W | location2 = Wongan Hills
dist3 = 21 | dir3 = N | location3 = Calingiri
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Moorecoord|-30.922|116.39|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Yerecoin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Victoria Plains,convert|156|km|mi|0 north-northeast of the state capital, Perth.

History

Yerecoin was the Aboriginal name for a nearby well, first recorded by a surveyor in 1879. It was first established as a railway station on a new line north from Toodyay, which was approved in 1914 and was extended from Bolgart to Calingiri in 1917 and further to Piawaning (10 km north of Yerecoin) in 1919. The surrounding land was owned by the Midland Railway Company, and was not subdivided by the Company until 1925. The Company also set aside convert|200|acre|km2 for a townsite at Yerecoin, but the land was sold to one owner, and development of the townsite area was slow. A school was opened in 1927, and was followed by other community buildings. The town was gazetted in 1966. [LandInfo WA|c|Y|2007-05-03]

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