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Welcome to Yell ...

Yell is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

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

Time Zone: Yell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Yell: 931

Communities Also Named Yell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Yell - it's located in Texas.

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

Websites for Yell ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

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

Communities near Yell ...

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

  • Lewisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Powell Chapel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Pulaski
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayetteville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Southport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Wales
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Olivet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
  • Gordon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
  • Trigg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Trigg is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 851 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 Yell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yell.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yell ...

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

Adding Yell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Yell post office opened in 1882. The Yell post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yell.

Footnotes ...

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