Yanceyville Sanitary District
Earlier we asked when the Yanceyville Sanitary District was created. Yanceyville had a difficult relationship with incorporation: incorporated, incorporation lapsed, reincorporated, unincorporated, incorporated, etc.
However, while not having overall executive authority for the town, from some point the Yanceyville Sanitary District did provide a basic function: water and sewer.
We know the Yanceyville Sanitary District existed as early as 1936 when it requested sealed proposals for "labor, materials and equipment entering into the construction and testing of one or more 10" deep wells for a water supply." At the time W. F. Fitch was Chairman of the Yanceyville Sanitary District. Presumably the water tower shown to the left was part of the early Sanitary District plan. It no longer stands, having been replaced by a new water located farther west.
To fund this project, in 1937 the Yanceyville Sanitary District issued $11,000 in bonds at 4% interest. The bonds were fully subscribed. An election held December 15, 1936, authorized these bonds (137 for, 22 against). The election actually approved $33,000 in bonds. Perhaps the 1937 issue was the first tranche. Sources: The Bee (Danville, Virginia, 31 August 1935, Saturday; The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 3 December 1936, Thursday, Page 26; The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), 6 October 1937, Wednesday, Page 18.
The planning for this water and sewer system began as early as 1935. Was it necessary to incorporate the Yanceyville Sanitary District to have a legal entity to issue bonds? Did the Sanitary District have taxing authority or were the bonds secured by income paid by water/sewage fees?
The well-based system was to have a capacity of 60,000 gallons of water daily to service 156 homes and businesses. It was to contain 1.5 miles of mains, several service lines, and 15 fire hydrants. The sewer system was to have a capacity of 500,000 gallons daily [sounds large] and would empty into Country Line Creek.
Yanceyville relied upon wells until the early 1950s when a reservoir was established on "Old" Highway 62 south of town.
Drought of 1966: Milton and Yanceyville
"Water Supply Is No Problem In Most Small Towns In Area"
The water supply for small towns in this area is holding up fairly well under the prolonged drought conditions.
The only town near here where there is a problem is Yanceyville, N. C., and Henry Hicks, chairman of the Yanceyville Sanitary District Board, says the Yanceyville water suppy "is no real problem yet."
He says there is an adequate supply, but the town does not have the facilities to store the water.
"We are pumping water from Country Line Creek into the town lake, and then filtering it as always," Hicks said. "We think the creek will provide enough water for our use."
He said consumption in Yanceyville is greater than ever before and that it will be necessary for consumers to be conservative in their use of water.
The pumps of the Yanceyville filtering station are now working 16 to 17 hours out of each day.
Hicks said the problem of storage should be alleviated when a new storage lake and a much larger water tank are completed in another year.
He said, "There is no reason for alarm from consumers in Yanceyville."
Another Caswell County, N. C., town reports that it's water is holding up very well.
Mayor J. Y. Thomas of Milton said water usage has increased 40 per cent in Milton, but it has an adequate supply.
Milton, which had a severed water shortage several years ago when it had to bring in water from nearby towns, now gets its water from three wells -- a large one and two smaller ones.
"As long as people refrain from watering their vegetable gardens and from wasting water," Thomas said, "we should hold up very well. I don't expect a repeat of the drought we suffered several summers ago."
Source: The Bee (Danville, VA), 1966.
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