Geography
Yeehaw Junction is located at 27°42′00″N 80°54′16″W / 27.7°N 80.90444°W / 27.7; -80.90444 (27.7, -80.90444), at the intersection of US 441/SR 15, SR 60 and Florida's Turnpike (SR 91), approximately 30 miles (50 km) west of Vero Beach and 30 miles north of Lake Okeechobee. The nearest incorporated area is the ghost town of Kenansville some 15 miles (24 km) north on U.S. 441 at the junction of Canoe Creek Road (Osceola County Road 523). The location was named after the Yeehaw station on the Florida East Coast Railway, several miles to the east on SR 60.
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