Yellville is a city of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America .
Yellville is named after Archibald Yell who was the first member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas , second Governor of Arkansas , and who fell in combat at the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican-American War . Yellville existed well before the state of Arkansas was accepted into the United States in 1836 , but under a different name .