Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment is a historic stretch of road in Crawford County, Arkansas. It is a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) segment of Lee Creek Road, which diverges from Arkansas Highway 220 north of Cedarville. This road section appears to closely follow the original alignment of the main road in the region in 1839, which connected Fayetteville and Van Buren. This road was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail service between 1858 and 1861. It is a gravel roadway about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, with several deeply-cut sections.^[2]

Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Cedarville, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°40′20″N 94°20′53″W
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1858 (1858)
NRHP reference No.	09000770[1]
Added to NRHP	September 29, 2009

The road was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-24.