Yell County topographic map

Name: Yell County topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Yell County, Arkansas, United States (34.74329 -93.71002 35.31753 -92.92204)

Average elevation: 218 m

Minimum elevation: 88 m

Maximum elevation: 833 m

Upon settlement, Yell County's varied topography created a stratified society, splitting settlers between the more fertile and productive farms of the "lowlands" and the subsistence farming of the steep and less-productive mountain soil of the "uplands". A planter class emerged in the lowlands, and as Dardanelle evolved into a cohesive community, the large landowners moved to town and managed their landholdings from stately homes, similar to the model seen in the Arkansas Delta and the Mississippi Delta. This left the lowlands inhabited largely by poor sharecroppers and tenant farmers, who largely shared economic fortunes with the small farms in the uplands, shifting the "upland/lowland" split to a "town-country" divide based largely on economics.

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