Yum Yum, Tennessee Explained

Official Name:Yum Yum, Tennessee
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Tennessee#USA
Pushpin Label:Yum Yum
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tennessee
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fayette
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:427
Coordinates:35.3453°N -89.3639°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:38068, 38069
Area Code:901
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1304716

Yum Yum is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. It lies 7 miles north of the town of Somerville and 3 miles south of Zu Zu. Yum Yum is only around 12 miles from Blue Oval City, which is expected to create 6,000 new jobs in the area by 2025.[1]

History

The community derives its name from a 19th-century brand of candy.[2] Local tradition states that the community was named when U.S. Senator Kenneth McKellar asked storekeeper John J. Garnett what to name the new post office and Garnett answered, "Just call it Yum Yum. There won't be another name like that."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ford to Lead America’s Shift to Electric Vehicles with New Mega Campus in Tennessee and Twin Battery Plants in Kentucky; $11.4B Investment to Create 11,000 Jobs and Power New Lineup of Advanced EVs Ford Media Center . 2024-04-09 . media.ford.com.
  2. News: Speck-on-the-map towns in Tennessee . Herald-Journal . February 19, 1989 . August 18, 2015 . Kennedy, Mark . C13.
  3. Book: Miller, Larry L.. Tennessee Place Names. 2001. Indiana University Press. 248.