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The story so far

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Yettem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California. Yettem is located on California State Route 201 11 miles (18 km) north of Visalia. Yettem has a post office with ZIP code 93670. The 2020 United States census reported Yettem's population was 201. Yettem name was submitted to the United States Postal service by Hagop Hamalian, the town storekeeper and future postmaster, along with Ezekiel Kendigian and Devlat Agha Moorsalian submitted Armenia, Ararat, and Yettem as suggestions for a name change for the town to the Post Office Department, which chose Yettem. Yettem is how Western Armenians pronounce the Armenian word for Eden. Although most of the Armenian population has…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 211 to 201 (-5%).

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Yettem is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Yettem has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sequoia Field-Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics in Monson, 4.5 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sequoia Field-Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics’s page links to a real one.
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