 yates is a town in orleans county, new york, united states. the population was 2,510 at the 2000 census. the town in named after joseph c. yates, a governor of new york. the town of yates is in the northwest part of the county. (there is also a yates county, new york). == history == the first settler arrived around 1809. yates was incorporated in 1822 from part of the town of ridgeway and was briefly called "northton." in 1903, the village of lyndonville set itself apart from yates by incorporating as a village. ==notable people== *george d. lamont, former new york state senator *edmund l. pitts, new york state assemblyman, was born in the t
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