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Crosses is an unincorporated community in Valley Township, Madison County, Arkansas, United States,[1] located at the intersection of Arkansas Highways 16 and Highway 295.[2]

Crosses, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°52′27″N 93°54′41″W
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Madison
Township	Valley
Elevation [1]	414 m (1,358 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72727
Area code(s)	479
GNIS feature ID	71291
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crosses, Arkansas

History

The community has the name of one Mr. Cross, a pioneer citizen.[3]

In 2012, Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino was involved in a motorcycle crash while sliding off Highway 16 near Crosses, his passenger being former Arkansas All-SEC volleyball player Jessica Dorrell.[4] He was subsequently fired from his coaching job for lying about the accident to the school.[5]

References

"Crosses, Arkansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Second ed.). DeLorme. § 22.
Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 29.
Bennett, Craig (April 2, 2012). "Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino hurt in motorcycle crash". USA Today. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
"Arkansas fires Bobby Petrino". ESPN. April 11, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Huntsville
City	Huntsville	Map of Arkansas highlighting Madison County
Towns	Hindsville St. Paul
Townships	Alabam Bohannan Boston Bowen California Hilburn Japton Kentucky Kings River Lamar Lincoln Marble Mill Creek Prairie Purdy Richland Valley Venus War Eagle Wharton White River
CDPs	Kingston Wesley
Unincorporated communities	Alabam Aurora Boston Brashears Clifty Combs Crosses Delaney Drakes Creek Forum Georgetown Health Marble Old Alabam Pettigrew Witter
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