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| ] and ] intersect in Yarbro.<ref name="ardot">{{cite web |title=Mississippi County 47A (Blytheville Inset) |url=https://ardot-gis-imagery.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/PLAN/GIS/MAPS/COUNTY_MAPS_RAS/Mississippi_47A_Blytheville.pdf |website=Arkansas Department of Transportation |access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> A Route 61 overpass across ] track was built by the ] in 1939, and was listed on the ] in 2022.<ref name="ahq">{{cite journal |last1=Wilcox |first1=Ralph S. |title=Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places: Bureau of Public Roads Railroad Overpasses |journal=The Arkansas History Quarterly |date=Autumn 2021 |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=375-381 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27193096 |access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> The nearby ] is also listed on the Register.<ref name=NRHPForm>{{cite web|last=Cothren|first=Zac|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: United States Highway 61 Arch|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/MS0248-pdf|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=December 10, 2024|date=August 29, 2001}}</ref> | ] and ] intersect in Yarbro.<ref name="ardot">{{cite web |title=Mississippi County 47A (Blytheville Inset) |url=https://ardot-gis-imagery.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/PLAN/GIS/MAPS/COUNTY_MAPS_RAS/Mississippi_47A_Blytheville.pdf |website=Arkansas Department of Transportation |access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> A Route 61 overpass across ] track was built by the ] in 1939, and was listed on the ] in 2022.<ref name="ahq">{{cite journal |last1=Wilcox |first1=Ralph S. |title=Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places: Bureau of Public Roads Railroad Overpasses |journal=The Arkansas History Quarterly |date=Autumn 2021 |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=375-381 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27193096 |access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> The nearby ] is also listed on the Register.<ref name=NRHPForm>{{cite web|last=Cothren|first=Zac|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: United States Highway 61 Arch|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/MS0248-pdf|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=December 10, 2024|date=August 29, 2001}}</ref> | ||
| The town was first settled in 1885 and was known as "Steal Easy" due to the large cattle population of the town and its proximity to the state border. When a post office opened in the community on March 22, 1900, the town was officially named Yarbro, after a local settler family. By 1912, the town was home to three general merchandise and grocery stores, a post office, a barbershop, a restaurant, a pool hall, a train station, a blacksmith shop, a boarding house, a ] mill, a ] church, a school, two ]s, and a bank.<ref name="bustling"/> The post office closed in 1926.<ref name="jfph">{{cite web |title=Post Offices |url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&searchtext=Yarbro&state=&county=&searchtype=word |website=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=December 9, 2024}}</ref> Home to a two-room schoolhouse, Yarbro became part of the ] in 1942.<ref name="bustling">{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Alice Marie |title=A Bustling Village on the Pemiscot Bayou |work=Courier News |issue=211 |date=January 17, 1986}}</ref> | |||
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Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States| Yarbro, Arkansas | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 United States Highway 61 Arch near Yarbro | |
  Yarbro, Arkansas | |
| Coordinates: 35°58′45″N 89°54′37″W / 35.97917°N 89.91028°W / 35.97917; -89.91028 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Mississippi |
| Elevation | 253 ft (77 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 870 |
| GNIS feature ID | 56583 |
Yarbro is an unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
Description
Yarbro is around 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Missouri border and about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Blytheville.
U.S. Route 61 and Arkansas Highway 150 intersect in Yarbro. A Route 61 overpass across St. Louis–San Francisco Railway track was built by the Bureau of Public Roads in 1939, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. The nearby United States Highway 61 Arch is also listed on the Register.
The town was first settled in 1885 and was known as "Steal Easy" due to the large cattle population of the town and its proximity to the state border. When a post office opened in the community on March 22, 1900, the town was officially named Yarbro, after a local settler family. By 1912, the town was home to three general merchandise and grocery stores, a post office, a barbershop, a restaurant, a pool hall, a train station, a blacksmith shop, a boarding house, a stave mill, a Methodist church, a school, two gins, and a bank. The post office closed in 1926. Home to a two-room schoolhouse, Yarbro became part of the Blytheville School District in 1942.
References
- ^ "Yarbro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Mississippi County 47A (Blytheville Inset)" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- Wilcox, Ralph S. (Autumn 2021). "Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places: Bureau of Public Roads Railroad Overpasses". The Arkansas History Quarterly. 80 (3): 375–381. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- Cothren, Zac (August 29, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: United States Highway 61 Arch". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Ross, Alice Marie (January 17, 1986). "A Bustling Village on the Pemiscot Bayou". Courier News. No. 211.
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
| Municipalities and communities of Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States | ||
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| County seats: Blytheville and Osceola | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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