Yarbo (known as Yarboro) is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.
Yarbo, Alabama | |
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  Yarbo, Alabama Location of Yarbo in Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°32′38″N 88°16′40″W / 31.54389°N 88.27778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Washington |
| Elevation | 180 ft (50 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 129271[1] |
History
editYarbo is a shortened form of Yarborough and is named for the first postmaster, Robert E. Yarborough.[2] A post office operated under the name Yarbo from 1917 to 1954.[3] 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.[4] Dry kilns were eventually installed at the plant in Yarbo.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Yarbo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 151. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ The Lumber Trade Journal. 1918. p. 8.
- ^ Lumber World Review. Lumber Review Company. 1918. p. 10.
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