Major rivers that pass through or border Yell County are the Arkansas, Petit Jean, and the Fourche LaFave. Our lakes include Lake Dardanelle, Lake Nimrod, Spring Lake, and Blue Mountain Lake. The county is mostly rural, with county seats in both Danville, and Dardanelle. Our major industry is poultry production. There are three processing plants, two in Danville and one in Dardanelle, and many, many poultry farms.
Yell County is also home to many cattle operations, and several row-crop production farms.
Major row-crops produced are soybeans, corn, and rice.