Cleveland, Arkansas

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Not to be confused with Cleveland County, Arkansas.
Cleveland, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Cleveland, Arkansas is located in Arkansas
Cleveland, Arkansas
Cleveland, Arkansas
Coordinates: 35°25′17″N 92°42′35″W / 35.42139°N 92.70972°W / 35.42139; -92.70972Coordinates: 35°25′17″N 92°42′35″W / 35.42139°N 92.70972°W / 35.42139; -92.70972
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyConway
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72030
Area code(s)501
GNIS feature ID76637[1]

Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. Cleveland is located on Arkansas Highway 95, 19 miles (31 km) north of Morrilton. Cleveland has a post office with ZIP code 72030.[2] Cleveland was founded in 1890, named after former President Grover Cleveland.

"Downtown" Cleveland consists of the Cleveland Post Office, the Cleveland General Store and Gas Station (now closed), the Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department, the Cleveland Community Center, and the Cleveland Cemetery, which is the final resting place for a handful of veterans from the American Civil War, as well as 20th century conflicts such as World War I and World War II.

Cleveland has a population of 76, as of the 2010 census.

The post office is located on the east side of Highway 95, directly across from the Cleveland General Store. Located behind the post office is the Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department and the Cleveland Cemetery.

Highway 95, which runs through Cleveland, connects the cities of Morrilton (Conway County) and Clinton (Van Buren County).

The main industries in Cleveland are commercial broiler chicken growers for Tyson Foods, cattle husbandry, and natural gas extraction, which is mostly performed by Southwestern Energy, as part of the Fayetteville Shale natural gas deposit.

The main church in Cleveland is the Cleveland Baptist Church.

The nearby Ozark National Forest attracts tourists, hikers, campers, hunters, and fishermen and women to the area.

Education[]

Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the Wonderview School District of north Conway County,[3][4] which leads students to graduate from Wonderview High School (which has a Hattieville postal address), 7 miles (11 km) south of Cleveland on Highway 95.

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cleveland, Arkansas
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived September 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "General Highway Map Conway County, Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 27, 2021. – See Cleveland on the map.
  4. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Conway County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 3, 2021. – Compare with the highway map

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