Yermo | |
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 The former Union Pacific depot in the 1920s | |
  Yermo Location within the state of California  Yermo Yermo (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 34°54′24″N 116°49′24″W / 34.906656°N 116.823274°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.654 sq mi (1.69 km2) |
| • Land | 0.649 sq mi (1.68 km2) |
| • Water | 0.005 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,929 ft (588 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 623 |
| • Density | 950/sq mi (370/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92398 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-86720 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2805257[2] |
| Website | www |
Yermo (Spanish for "wilderness" or "wasteland")[4] is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. It is 13 miles (21 km) east of Barstow on Interstate 15, just south of the Calico Mountains. Its population was estimated at 1,750 in 2009.[citation needed]
Founded in 1902 and originally named Otis, Yermo is situated at a division point of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, later the Union Pacific Railroad line.[4] A post office was established three years later with William J. Flavin serving as Yermo's first postmaster.[4] It later developed around serving motorists traveling the Arrowhead Trail (later U.S. Route 91), which ran through the community.
Today, Yermo is governed by an elected five-member board of directors comprising the Community Services District authorized by the County of San Bernardino. The board, which meets monthly, oversees the community's volunteer fire department, the Yermo/Calico VFD, as well as its street lighting, parks and water system. Yermo's ZIP Code is 92398, and it is in telephone area codes 442 and 760. Its USPS branch provides post office boxes to local residents and businesses; there is no letter-carrier service.
Yermo hosts the 1,859-acre (7.5 km2) storage and industrial annex of the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
- ^ a b "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Yermo Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c Salley, Harold E. (1977). History of California Post Offices, 1849-1976. The Depot. ISBN 0-9601558-1-3.