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Welcome to Yeddo ...

Yeddo is located in Fountain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yeddo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Yeddo is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yeddo lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Yeddo (for example, toward Belgium (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Yeddo: 765

Communities near Yeddo ...

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

  • Crawfordsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Attica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Veedersburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Williamsport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cayuga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <3>
  • Montezuma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Waynetown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Lebanon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • West Lebanon is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yeddo ...

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

Adding Yeddo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yeddo 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 Yeddo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Yeddo post office opened in 1881. The Yeddo post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yeddo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Fountain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yeddo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/