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.
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]