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Former unincorporated community
Yellepit, Washington Location in Benton County, Washington
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Benton
Elevation	341 ft (104 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	99337
Area code(s)	509
GNIS feature ID	1511443

Yellepit was a small, unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States. An "unincorporated community" is a place where people live, but it doesn't have its own local government like a city or town. Yellepit was located on the west bank of the Columbia River, about three miles southwest of a town called Wallula.

The Story of Yellepit

The community of Yellepit was named to honor a respected chief of the Walla Walla tribe. This chief met the famous explorers, Lewis and Clark, a long time ago during their journey.

Yellepit used to be a busy place. It had a large train station, a water tank for trains, and other important buildings. But in 1953, something big happened. The area where Yellepit stood became covered by the waters of Lake Wallula. This means the community was flooded and no longer exists as it once did.

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