Yellow Pine, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Yellow Pine, Alabama is located in Alabama
Yellow Pine, Alabama
Yellow Pine, Alabama
Yellow Pine, Alabama is located in the United States
Yellow Pine, Alabama
Yellow Pine, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°24′21″N 88°25′47″W / 31.40583°N 88.42972°W / 31.40583; -88.42972
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWashington
Elevation
239 ft (73 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251
GNIS feature ID155314[1]

Yellow Pine is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is the westernmost settlement in the state of Alabama.[2] The elevation is 239 feet.

A post office operated under the name Yellow Pine from 1888 to 1983.[3]

The E. W. Gates Lumber Company operated a sawmill in Yellow Pine. The company also constructed a railroad, the Washington & Choctaw Railroad, to transport lumber.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Yellow Pine, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "EXTREME SETTLEMENTS: A COMPREHENSIVE LIST". Weekend Roady. May 2, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Washington & Choctaw Railroad". Mississippi Rails.


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