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The Arkansas legislature established Dorsey County as Arkansas's 71st county on April 17, 1873, naming it for Stephen W. Dorsey, the U.S. Senator from Arkansas. When he was indicted for defrauding the Post Office, they renamed it on March 5, 1885, for Grover Cleveland, the newly elected President of the United States.
The Battle of Mark's Mills, the pivotal engagement in the Union Army's ill-fated Camden Expedition during the U.S. Civil War, took place in what is now Cleveland County. This engagement resulted in a crushing victory for Confederate forces, though the victory ultimately proved to be hollow when Federal General Frederick Steele and the rest of his army managed to escape from Camden to Little Rock.
Adjacent Counties
- Grant County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Drew County
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Dallas County
Cities, Townships & Communities
- Bowman
- Harper
- Hudgin
- Hurricane
- Kingsland
- Lee
- Miller
- New Edinburg
- Niven-Jackson
- Redland
- Rison (County Seat)
- Rowell
- Rye
- Saline
- Smith
- Staves
- White Oak
- Whiteville
- Woodlawn
Links
National Register of Historic Places
