Yelm
Yelm is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Its population was 10,617 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,600 residents
- Description: city in Thurston County, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Yelm, WA” and “Yelm, Washington”
- Postal code: 98597
Places of Interest
Highlights include McKenzie Lake.
McKenzie Lake
Pond
McKenzie Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. McKenzie Lake most likely was named after Alexander and John McKenzie, local landholders. Some modern maps also name this as Mill Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Yelm and McKenna.
North Yelm
Village
North Yelm is a census-designated place in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,140 at the 2020 census. The community borders Yelm and is situated near the intersection of Washington State Route 507 and SR 510.
McKenna
Hamlet
McKenna is an unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located on State Route 507 and the Nisqually River, east of Yelm. Founded around 1908, McKenna is a former timber company town. McKenna is situated 2½ miles east of Yelm.
Rainier
Village
Photo: Asyouwish, Public domain.
Rainier is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Beginning as a train stop in the 1870s, Rainier was first settled in 1890 and would become known as a logging town. The city was officially incorporated in 1947. Rainier is situated 5 miles southwest of Yelm.
Yelm
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Thurston, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.94139° or 46° 56′ 29″ northLongitude
-122.60639° or 122° 36′ 23″ westPopulation
10,600Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)United Nations Location Code
US YYEOpen location code
84RVW9RV+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 111257284OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Yelm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يلم”
- Basque: “Yelm”
- Bulgarian: “Йелм”
- Catalan: “Yelm”
- Cebuano: “Yelm”
- Chechen: “Йелм”
- Chinese: “Yelm”
- Chinese: “耶姆”
- Croatian: “Yelm”
- Czech: “Yelm”
- Danish: “Yelm”
- Dutch: “Yelm”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يلم”
- Esperanto: “Yelm”
- French: “Yelm”
- German: “Yelm”
- Gilaki: “یلم (واشينگتن)”
- Gilaki: “یلم”
- Haitian: “Yelm, Washington”
- Haitian: “Yelm”
- Hungarian: “Yelm”
- Irish: “Yelm”
- Italian: “Yelm”
- Ladin: “Yelm”
- Malagasy: “Yelm, Washington”
- Malagasy: “Yelm”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yelm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yelm”
- Norwegian: “Yelm”
- Persian: “یلم، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “یلم”
- Polish: “Yelm”
- Portuguese: “Yelm”
- Serbian: “Јелм”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Yelm, Washington”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Yelm”
- South Azerbaijani: “یلم، واشینقتون”
- Spanish: “Yelm (Washington)”
- Spanish: “Yelm”
- Tatar: “Елм”
- Turkish: “Yelm, Washington”
- Turkish: “Yelm”
- Ukrainian: “Єлм”
- Urdu: “یلم، واشنگٹن”
- Uzbek: “Yelm”
- Uzbek: “Елм”
- Volapük: “Yelm”
- Welsh: “Yelm, Washington”
- Welsh: “Yelm”
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