Official Name: | Yarrellton, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Yarrellton |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Milam |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 433 |
Coordinates: | 30.9508°N -97.08°W |
Area Code: | 512 & 737 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380809 |
Yarrellton is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000.
The first settlers came to Yarrellton from Alabama by wagon train in 1868; among them was American Civil War veteran J.C. Perkins.
Yarrellton is located on Farm to Market Road 1915, 9miles northwest of Cameron in northwestern Milam County.
The first school in Yarrellton was opened by Joe Eplin in 1876. Classes were held under a brush arbor. Today, the community is served by the Cameron Independent School District.