The Yarramalong township has: Rural Fire Station, two cemeteries, public school (which closed down recently and is now used for community purposes), general store/petrol station, bottle shop/guest house and a hall which was originally an art hall but is now also used for community purposes.

[4] Yarraman is thought to be derived from the word "yira" or "yera" which means large teeth, possibly from one of the Sydney languages.

The Yarramalong Valley was first permanently settled by in 1856 by the Stinson and Waters families of Maitland.

Prior to the 1850s the valley was logged by timber cutters driving teams of oxen from Wollombi and Maitland.

Built in c. 1885, it is one of the oldest churches in Central Coast Council and now under a permanent conservation order.