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Welcome to Marvinville ...

Marvinville is located in Yell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Marvinville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Marvinville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Marvinville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Marvinville: 479

Communities near Marvinville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Marvinville.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Marvinville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Marvinville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Marvinville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marvinville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Marvinville. See our Newspapers Page for Marvinville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marvinville ...

Looking for more information about Marvinville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Marvinville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Marvinville.

Adding Marvinville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Marvinville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Marvinville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Marvinville post office opened in 1871. The Marvinville post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marvinville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marvinville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/