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| Name | Yell |
| Alt names | Yell | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 35.0°N 93.417°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1840 - ) |
| See also | Conway, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Logan, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pope, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scott, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Yell County is a county in the US state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 22,185. The county has two county seats, Dardanelle and Danville. Yell County is Arkansas's 41st county, formed on December 5, 1840 and named after Archibald Yell, who was the state's first member of the United States House of Representatives and the second governor of Arkansas; he later was killed in combat at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Yell County is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1840 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1845 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1865 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1865 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 3,341
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| 1860 | 6,333
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| 1870 | 8,048
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| 1880 | 13,852
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| 1890 | 18,015
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| 1900 | 22,750
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| 1910 | 26,323
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| 1920 | 25,655
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| 1930 | 21,313
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| 1940 | 20,970
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| 1950 | 14,057
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| 1960 | 11,940
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| 1970 | 14,208
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| 1980 | 17,026
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| 1990 | 17,759
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