Yell County was founded in 1840 from portions of Pope and Scott counties, and named for Arkansas’s second governor, Archibald Yell. Danville and Dardanelle serve as county seats.
A list of the Yell County records microfilm available at the Arkansas State Archives can be found in our County records microfilm collection.
The results below are automatically collected from materials on this site that have been tagged with the Geographical Area of “Yell County (Ark.)” This list does not include all of the Arkansas State Archives’ materials regarding this county, but provides a starting point for research. Please click on each title below to learn more about it and the collection to which it belongs.
Submissions from 2020
Ballots, Democratic: Yell County, 1958
Ballot, Yell County Democratic primary election
Cemeteries: Neely, Yell County
Conely-Harkey Family: Yell County
Daniel-Potter Family: Yell County
Early Arkansas tax records [Yell County]
Magazine Primitive Baptist Church records, Yell County, Arkansas
New Hope Baptist Church Records, Yell County, Arkansas
Yell County Baptist Historical material, Wayne Banks
Yell County Rifles, 15th Arkansas Infantry
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 1994
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1993
General Highway Map Yell County. 1 print, 1993
Submissions from 1984
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1981
General Highway Map Yell County. 1 print with handwritten notes, 1979, revised 1981
Submissions from 1979
General Highway Map Yell County. 1 print with handwritten notation, 1979
Submissions from 1973
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1964
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1958
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1957
Submissions from 1950
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Yell County
Submissions from 1945
Submissions from 1941
Boaters and divers on Spring Lake near Havana, Yell County
Diving platform at Spring Lake near Havana, Yell County
Four men in a boat on Spring Lake near Havana, Yell County
Spring Lake and bath house near Havana, Yell County
Spring Lake and bath house near Havana, Yell County
Spring Lake with bath house near Havana, Yell County
Spring Lake with diving platform and bath house near Havana, Yell County
Submissions from 1936
Submissions from 1933
Submissions from 1931
Images from 1930
Yell County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1929
Pontoon bridge over the Arkansas River at Dardanelle, Yell County
The Dardanelle bridge over the Arkansas River, Yell County
Yell County (Ark.) clerk's certificates, 1895-1929
This collection contains two certificates issued by Yell County clerks in 1895 and 1929.
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1926
Submissions from 1925
Yell County (Ark.) poll tax record, 1925
This collection contains one booklet with a list of electors who have paid poll tax for the year 1925 in Yell County.
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1921
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1917
Submissions from 1911
Submissions from 1893
Submissions from 1880
Map of part of Yell County, Arkansas, showing railroad lands
Submissions from 1873
This collection contains one letter.
Books from 1867
Index to Register of Legal Voters of Yell County
Submissions from 1864
William H. Holmes commission; 1864
Civil War officer's commission for William H. Holmes, signed by Governor Harris Flanagin.
Submissions from 1845
John Williams Stennett land grant, 1845
This collection contains the land grant issued to John Williams Stennett of Yell County, Arkansas.
