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Located in the southeastern corner of Arkansas, Cleveland County was
created in 1873 and first called Dorsey County in honor of Stephen Dorsey,
a U.S. Senator from Arkansas. The name was changed in 1885 to Cleveland in
honor of President Grover Cleveland. The residence of N.V. Barnett was its
first county seat until 1872 when it moved to Toledo. In 1889, the seat
moved to Rison.
- from The Department of Arkansas
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