Yell County, Arkansas

Founding: 1840
Parent counties: Pope and Scott
Namesake: Archibald Yell, Arkansas governor
Seats: Danville (1841–) and Dardanelle (1875–)
Land area: 930 square miles
Population (2020): 20,263
Population (historic): 3,341 (1850); 8,048 (1870); 18,015 (1890); 26,323 (1910); 21,313 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1960–2010
Subdivisions: Six cities; one town; two CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 559 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $359
Average outbuilding value (1930): $211

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,817
Average farm size (1920): 40.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Carolina

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Danville

 
Namesake: A steamboat which operated on the Petit Jean River
Founding: 1841 (platting); 1842 (post office); 1899 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,028
Population (historic): 200 (1880); 600 (1900); 761 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1950–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 40 (4.4%)
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Dardanelle

 
Namesake: Dardanelle Rock
Founding: 1823 (post office); 1847 (platting); 1855 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,517
Population (historic): 299 (1860); 748 (1880); 1,602 (1900); 1,832 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1880–1920; 1950–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 90 (5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Log House. County Road 155, south of County Road 89.
2. Mountain View Farm / Richard Tippy Farm (1917). 10536 Tippy Lane. Craftsman.

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