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Welcome to Yarbrough ...

Yarbrough is located in Lee County<1>.

Yarbrough is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yarbrough lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Yarbrough is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Yarbrough: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Yarbrough ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Yarbrough - it's located in Mississippi.

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

Websites for Yarbrough ...

Junior League:   www.leecountyjuniorleague.com/

Communities near Yarbrough ...

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

  • Auburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Maridale Estates
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
    • Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
  • Opelika
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
  • Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lanett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Smith's Station
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Smith's Station is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
  • Glenns
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenns is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
    • Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
  • Fortson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fortson is located in Muscogee County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,924 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortson <4>
  • West Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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 Yarbrough. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yarbrough.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yarbrough. 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 Yarbrough.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yarbrough ...

Looking for more information about Yarbrough? 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 Yarbrough, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yarbrough.

Adding Yarbrough to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yarbrough 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 (so far) for Yarbrough was mentioned on a train schedule titled Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yarbrough.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yarbrough - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Yarbrough area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Yarbrough area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.