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Welcome to Yarico ...

Yarico is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yarico, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Yarico is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Yarico: 740 & 220<3>

Websites for Yarico ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lawrencecountyohio.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Yarico, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Yarico ...

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

  • Huntington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ashland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashland is located in Boyd County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <4>
  • Ironton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Flatwoods
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Barboursville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Point Pleasant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • South Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gallipolis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Russell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Russell is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <4>
  • Raceland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 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 Yarico. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yarico.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yarico ...

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

Adding Yarico to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yarico post office opened in 1890. The Yarico post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yarico.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yarico - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Yarico area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Yarico 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/