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History · Yuma

Yuma’s post office opened in 1895, and 73% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1936 on.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
73%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Yuma began

When was Yuma founded?

1895

The Yuma post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Grovewood (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 103131 years
Founding year: the first Yuma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Yuma’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Yuma are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Yuma’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yuma’s history is told.

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The story so far

Yuma, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Yuma yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Yuma is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along Tennessee State Route 424 about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Clarksburg. Yuma has a post office, with Zip code 38390. Yuma derives from the Cherokee word meaning "good" and "peaceful", the name was chosen by officials who were impressed by the fertility of the land.

Its first post office opened in 1895.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Yuma, 1884 to 1936

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Grovewood post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Grovewood post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Yuma post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Yuma on the map, 1936 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Yuma. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Yuma on the 1936 USGS mapYuma on the 1950 USGS mapYuma on the 1986 USGS map1936Yuma sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Yuma.

Famous people

Famous people close to Yuma

Nobody well known was born in Yuma itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dixie CarterAmerican actress · b. 1939
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Jessica AndrewsAmerican country music singer · b. 1983
Patrick WillisAmerican football player, linebacker · b. 1985
Whitney DuncanAmerican country music singer and reality telev… · b. 1984
John Marshall StoneAmerican governor of Mississippi · b. 1830
Calvin GarrettAmerican basketball player · b. 1956
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Yuma’s post office has been open since 1895. Another post office, Grovewood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Grovewood
1884–1895
Yuma
1895–today
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Yuma Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Yuma’s history

What year was Yuma founded?

The Yuma post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.