Yum Yum, Tennessee
Yum Yum is located in Tennessee
Yum Yum
Yum Yum
Yum Yum is located in the United States
Yum Yum
Yum Yum
Coordinates: 35°20′43″N 89°21′50″W / 35.34528°N 89.36389°W / 35.34528; -89.36389
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyFayette
Elevation
427 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code901
GNIS feature ID1304716[1]

Yum Yum is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States, just 7 miles north of the town of Somerville.

History

The community derives its name from a 19th-century brand of candy.[2] Local tradition states that the community was named when U.S. Senator Kenneth McKellar asked storekeeper John J. Garnett what to name the new post office and Garnett answered, "Just call it Yum Yum. There won't be another name like that."[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yum Yum, Tennessee
  2. Kennedy, Mark (February 19, 1989). "Speck-on-the-map towns in Tennessee". Herald-Journal. pp. C13. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  3. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place Names. Indiana University Press. p. 248.


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