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Welcome to Yellowstone ...

Yellowstone is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yellowstone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Yellowstone is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Yellowstone and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Yellowstone: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Yellowstone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Yellowstone - they are located in Alberta, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Yellowstone ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Brownstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oolitic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nashville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Medora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Judah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Judah is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
  • Norman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zelma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Zelma is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yellowstone ...

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

Adding Yellowstone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Yellowstone post office opened in 1887. The Yellowstone post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yellowstone.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yellowstone - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Yellowstone area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Yellowstone 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.
<5>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/