Yarbo, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Yarbo, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Washington
Elevation Ft:180
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Pushpin Map:Alabama
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Yarbo in Alabama
Coordinates:31.5439°N -88.2778°W
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info: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.[1] A post office operated under the name Yarbo from 1917 to 1954.[2] 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.[3] Dry kilns were eventually installed at the plant in Yarbo.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 151 . 0-8173-0410-X .
  2. Web site: Washington County . Jim Forte Postal History . 28 October 2015.
  3. Book: The Lumber Trade Journal. 1918. 8.
  4. Book: Lumber World Review. 1918. Lumber Review Company. 10.