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Welcome to Emerald ...

Emerald is located in Yakima County<1>.

Emerald is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Emerald lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Emerald: 509

Communities Also Named Emerald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Emerald - they are located in California, Kansas (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Emerald ...

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

  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Toppenish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prosser
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wapato
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Granger
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Zillah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mabton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Byron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Byron is located in Yakima County
  • Buena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emerald ...

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

Adding Emerald to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Emerald 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 for Emerald was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Emerald mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emerald.

Footnotes ...

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