General Info

About Yost Electric does all types of electrical work, but specializes in heavy industrial wiring, such as oil-field and grain elevator wiring. Just a few of the services that Yost Electric provides are, trenching and backhoe work, pole line construction, motor rewinding, field service on all types of electrical equipment, repair of parking lot lighting with one of their two bucket trucks and wiring within buildings. Yost Electric regularly services an area within a 100 mile radius of Gorham Kansas, and if needed, beyond. Yost Electric Incorporated is located mile south of the town of Gorham, Kansas, between Interstate 70 and Gorham. The company was started in 1978 by Chuck and Terri Yost of Gorham, Kansas. The original name of the company was Chuck Yost Electric. In 1983 the business was incorporated and the name was changed to Yost Electric Incorporated. Chuck and Terri Yost are officers in the Corporation and remain in control of the company today. In 1978, Yost Electric's first shop was a rented building located along Highway 40 in the town of Gorham. As the business began to grow, employees were hired and additional equipment was put into service. In the Fall of 1984, construction began on a new facility Yost Electric's current location of 4212 176th Street. In February of 1985, the operations of Yost Electric were moved into this new facility mile south of Gorham, Kansas. Yost Electric now has two buildings on a four acre lot.