Yellville is a city and county chair in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. Yellville is located in the Ozark Mountains along the banks of Crooked Creek, and neighbors the small town of Summit to the north. The population was 1,178 at the 2020 census. The town’s native name is preserved in the Shawnee Town Branch, a local creek. The town furthermore holds an annual Turkey Trot Festival.

Yellville is named after Archibald Yell, who was the first supporter of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and the second proprietor of Arkansas. He was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War. Yellville existed capably before Arkansas became a state, though originally known as “Shawneetown”.

Marion County was formed in 1836, shortly after statehood. Shawneetown was subsequently renamed Yellville. An old story claims Archibald Yell offered $50 to realize so, but never paid the money. True or not, Governor Yell’s descendants heard the bank account and paid the overdue “bill” several years ago. Yell’s say can be seen elsewhere in the state, including Yell County and Archibald Yell Boulevard in Fayetteville. Several biographies of him have been written, the most recent published by the University of Arkansas Press in Fayetteville.

During the late 1840s, Yellville was the scene of several prolonged gunfights during the Tutt–Everett War. John A. Schnabel organized his Confederate cavalry battalion in the town in 1863.