Welcome to Emerald ...

Emerald is located in Yakima County<1>.

The location of Emerald has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Emerald is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Emerald lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Emerald is located in the (509) area code.

Communities Also Named Emerald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Emerald - they are located in California, Kansas (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Emerald.

Communities near Emerald ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Emerald.

• Sunnyside
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Sunnyside is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,924 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyside <4>
• Grandview
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Grandview is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,029 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandview <4>
• Toppenish
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppenish
  • Toppenish is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toppenish <4>
• Prosser
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
  • Prosser is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prosser <4>
• Wapato
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapato
  • Wapato is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wapato <4>
• Granger
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Granger is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <4>
• Zillah
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zillah
  • Zillah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zillah <4>
• Mabton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabton
  • Mabton is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,267 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mabton <4>
• Byron
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
  • Byron is located in Yakima County
• Buena
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
  • Buena is located in Yakima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Emerald. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Emerald.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Emerald. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emerald.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Emerald. See our Newspapers Page for Emerald.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emerald ...

Looking for more information about Emerald? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Emerald, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Emerald.

Adding Emerald to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Emerald in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Emerald was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Emerald mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emerald.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Emerald. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yakima County: www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/