Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
| Yarbo, Alabama | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Yarbo, AlabamaLocation of Yarbo in Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°32′38″N 88°16′40″W / 31.54389°N 88.27778°W / 31.54389; -88.27778 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Washington |
| Elevation | 180 ft (50 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 129271 |
Yarbo (known as Yarboro) is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.
History
Yarbo is a shortened form of Yarborough and is named for the first postmaster, Robert E. Yarborough. A post office operated under the name Yarbo from 1917 to 1954. In 1918, the Ingram-Day Lumber Company, based in Lyman, Mississippi, purchased the Yarborough Lumber Company's plant in Yarbo. The plant was able to produce up to 40,000 feet of lumber per day. Dry kilns were eventually installed at the plant in Yarbo.
References
- "Yarbo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 151. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- The Lumber Trade Journal. 1918. p. 8.
- Lumber World Review. Lumber Review Company. 1918. p. 10.
| Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Alabama, United States | ||
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| County seat: Chatom | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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