Yatesville Depot The depot at Yatesville served Southern Railway's Atlanta-to-Fort Valley route, a long-abandoned line built by the Atlanta & Florida Railroad in the late 1800s. A similar depot can be found at Zebulon. Yatesville is a town of 400 in Upson County about 12 miles east of Thomaston.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home