A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is in use in five countries: Canada , China , Hungary , Romania , and the United States . An equivalent term, shire town , is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions, such as Venezuela .
40-563: Yellville is a city in and county seat of 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 original name is preserved in the Shawnee Town Branch, a local creek. The town holds an annual Turkey Trot Festival ( turkey trot ). Yellville
80-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending
120-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in
160-667: A county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of
200-784: A few of the historic buildings of the Rush ghost town. Most of northern Marion County is made up of water—most notably, the waters created by the Bull Shoals Dam . Eastern Marion County's border with Baxter County is marked by the White River . Water skiing, pontoon boating, and fishing are all popular summer activities at the Bull Shoals Lake and White River areas. Yellville is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Bull Shoals and serves as an alternate housing and tourist destination for those not staying at
240-437: A household in the city was $ 26,250, and the median income for a family was $ 31,793. Males had a median income of $ 26,000 versus $ 18,056 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 12,618. About 13.2% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over. Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary school students
280-486: A joint city/county law enforcement agreement. Yellville is popular for its proximity to the Buffalo National River , 16 miles (26 km) to the south via State Highway 14 . During the summer, tourists visit the area and Yellville becomes a hub for shopping and lodging for them. The Buffalo Point Ranger Station is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) south of Yellville. Activities and services in
320-584: A nursing home due to the high waters. The National Weather Service in Little Rock promptly issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Yellville and surrounding areas. Yellville is still recovering from the flooding impacts. Yellville is located in central Marion County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km), or 0.96%, are water. It
360-504: A pageant, dinners, musical entertainment, a 5 kilometer run, a parade, and a nationally recognized turkey calling contest sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation . Crafts and tools related to the hunting of wild turkeys are also sold in streetside booths along the town square. Entergy Arkansas is the sole provider of electricity in almost all of Marion County, including Yellville. Natural gas service
400-581: A total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized
440-598: Is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of
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#1732783546056480-563: Is available from Black Hills Energy . Sanitation is provided by Nabors Sanitation, and cable television service is provided by Yelcot The Yellville Water Department purchases potable water from the Marion County Regional Water Association, whose source is Bull Shoals Lake . The Yellville Water Department has 2,329 retail population served, and is responsible for maintenance of the water system and customer billing. County seat In Canada ,
520-517: Is bordered to the north by the small city of Summit . Mountain Home is 20 miles (32 km) to the northeast and Harrison is 28 miles (45 km) to the west via U.S. Routes 412 / 62 . Yellville, located in the Arkansas Ozarks , has a humid continental-subtropical climate , with cold-to-mild winters and hot, humid summers. Yellville's record high temperature of 110 °F (43 °C)
560-592: Is named after Archibald Yell , who was the first member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and the second governor of Arkansas . He was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War . Yellville existed well before Arkansas became a state, though originally known as "Shawneetown". Marion County was formed in 1836, shortly after statehood. Shawneetown
600-745: Is offered by College of the Ozarks , a Christian liberal-arts college in Point Lookout, Missouri , and Lyon College , a private liberal arts college in Batesville . The nearest four-year public school is Arkansas Tech University in Russellville . The Marion County Library is located at 308 Old Main in Yellville. The library offers books, e-books , media, reference, youth, and genealogy services. Yellville and Marion County operate under
640-451: Is often difficult, since methodologies, definitions and data quality can vary greatly. Since the 1990s, the OECD has conducted regular surveys among its 38 member countries using a standardized methodology and set of questions. Per capita income is often used to measure a sector's average income and compare the wealth of different populations. Per capita income is also often used to measure
680-696: Is provided by the Yellville–Summit School District , which leads to graduation from Yellville–Summit High School . In 1890, Yellville College was established in the city along College Street. The institution was demolished in 1925. Today, neither Yellville nor Marion County contain any institutions of higher education. The nearest are Arkansas State University Mountain Home , in Mountain Home , and North Arkansas College in Harrison , both two-year public schools. Nearby four-year education
720-752: The People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when
760-542: The Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of
800-522: The United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in
840-646: 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. In the early morning of July 17th, 2024; Marion County received just under a foot of rainfall in a considerable flash flooding event. During the event, bridges and homes were reportedly washed out in Yellville, including
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#1732783546056880-411: The provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in
920-679: The Mid-Marion County Rotary Club . Beginning in 1945 with the first turkey dropped from the roof of the Marion County Courthouse, the festival continues today. It is held every second weekend of October with the best-known attraction being live turkeys that are dropped from airplanes over the town square. The event has been criticized in the past by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and others. The Turkey Trot festival also includes
960-566: The area include horseback trail riding, canoeing, and cabin rentals. Other area attractions include the more than 1,000 caves that exist in Marion County, and the famous "Rush" ghost town located in the Buffalo Point area—a turn-of-the-century ghost town from the zinc mining heyday of the area. Abandoned mines are visible along many of the hiking trails at Rush, but are fenced off due to safety concerns. Recent arson has destroyed
1000-500: The average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such as the American Community Survey . This allows the calculation of per capita income for both the country as a whole and specific regions or demographic groups. However, comparing per capita income across different countries
1040-516: The city was 97.71% White , 0.76% Native American , 0.23% Asian , 0.08% Pacific Islander , and 1.22% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 535 households, out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who
1080-495: The county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated,
1120-491: The county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where
1160-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for
1200-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford
1240-743: The numerous resorts in Bull Shoals, along the White River, or at the confluence of the Buffalo and White rivers near Buffalo City . In 1999, Fred Berry, a former counselor and teacher at the Yellville-Summit School District, donated the funding to create an educational center at Kelley's Access on Crooked Creek , located near the Yellville City Park. With additional donations and a "conservation tax",
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1280-580: The plan was put into action. On June 17, 2005, the Fred Berry Conservation Education Center on Crooked Creek opened. It is one of four education centers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. It sits on 471 acres (1.91 km) of land along a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch of Crooked Creek that was once a dairy farm. One of the longest traditions in Yellville is the annual Turkey Trot festival sponsored by
1320-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of
1360-580: The term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of
1400-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of
1440-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,
1480-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.84. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males. The median income for
1520-402: Was an independent city from 1968 to 2013, while also being the county seat of Bedford County . Bedford reverted to an incorporated town, and remains the county seat, though is now part of the county. The state with the most counties is Texas, with 254, and the state with the fewest counties is Delaware, with 3. Per capita income Per capita income ( PCI ) or average income measures
1560-550: Was observed on August 29, 1984, and July 30, 1986, while the record low of −20 °F (−29 °C) was observed on January 11, 1977. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 1,178 people, 416 households, and 271 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,312 people, 535 households, and 356 families residing in the city. The population density was 515.6 inhabitants per square mile (199.1/km). There were 599 housing units at an average density of 235.4 per square mile (90.9/km). The racial makeup of
1600-468: Was then renamed Yellville. An old tale claims Archibald Yell offered $ 50 to do so, but never paid the money. True or not, Governor Yell's descendants heard the story and paid the overdue "bill" several years ago. Yell's name 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
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