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Welcome to Yelverton ...

Yelverton is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yelverton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Yelverton is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Yelverton ...

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

Websites for Yelverton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hardinohio.org/

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

Communities near Yelverton ...

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

  • Bellefontaine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Kenton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ada
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ada is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <3>
  • Jackson Center
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Russells Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • De Graff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Dunkirk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Alger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waynesfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Waynesfield is located in Auglaize County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 815 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 Yelverton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yelverton.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yelverton ...

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

Adding Yelverton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yelverton post office opened in 1862. The Yelverton post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yelverton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yelverton - 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/