Yanco is a village with a population of 572 in Leeton Shire in South Western New South Wales

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. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water. Yanco is located three kilometres from Leeton

Leeton

Leeton is the name of more than one place:*Leeton, Missouri, a town in the United States*Leeton, New South Wales, a town and Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia...

 along the Irrigation Way. Yanco is home to the Powerhouse Museum

Yanco Powerhouse Museum

Yanco Powerhouse Museum is located at Binua Street in Yanco, New South Wales Australia. Yanco Power Station was built in 1913 to supply power to the MIA , when power was required for general lightning and for the Leeton Butter Factory...

, McCaughey Park, J Bush and Sons Abattoirs, Murrumbidgee College and Yanco Agricultural High School

Yanco Agricultural High School

Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco in the Local Government Area of Leeton in south western New South Wales...

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Yanco North Post Office opened on 1 March 1888. It was renamed Yanko in 1892 and Yanco in 1928.

Yanco railway station