Official Name: | Yellepit, Washington |
Settlement Type: | Former unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Washington Benton County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Benton |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 104 |
Elevation Ft: | 341 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Coordinates: | 46.061°N -118.9514°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 99337 |
Area Code: | 509 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1511443 |
Yellepit was an unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States, located approximately three miles southwest of Wallula on the west bank of the Columbia River.
The community was named Yellepit in honor of a chief of the Walla Walla tribe who was encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.[3] The community once had a large train depot, water tank and other buildings. In 1953 the community site was inundated by the waters of Lake Wallula.[4]