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Welcome to Yellow Pine ...

Yellow Pine is located in Valley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yellow Pine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Yellow Pine is 4,760 feet [1,451 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Yellow Pine is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Yellow Pine lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Yellow Pine: 208 & 986<3>

The ZIP code for Yellow Pine: 83677<4>

Communities Also Named Yellow Pine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Yellow Pine - they are located in Alabama and Louisiana.

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

Communities near Yellow Pine ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Yellow Pine.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Yellow Pine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yellow Pine.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yellow Pine ...

Looking for more information about Yellow Pine? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Yellow Pine, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Yellow Pine.

Adding Yellow Pine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yellow Pine 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 Yellow Pine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Yellow Pine post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yellow Pine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Valley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yellow Pine - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Yellow Pine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Yellow Pine area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Yellow Pine). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Yellow Pine or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/