Yerecoin was the
Aboriginal name for a nearby
well, first recorded by a surveyor in 1879. It was first established as a railway station on a new line north from
Toodyay, which was approved in 1914 and was extended from
Bolgart to
Calingiri in 1917 and further to
Piawaning (10 km north of Yerecoin) in 1919. The surrounding land was owned by the
Midland Railway Company, and was not subdivided by the company until 1925. The company also set aside for a townsite at Yerecoin, but the land was sold to one owner, and development of the townsite area was slow. A school was opened in 1927, and was followed by other community buildings. The town was gazetted in 1966. ==References==