Lee Creek is an

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Crawford County, Arkansas Crawford County is a County (United States), county located in the Ozarks region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 61,948, making it the 12th-most populous of Arkansas's 75 counti ...

, lying along Highway 220 and Lee Creek north of Cedarville.

History

A variant name was "Cove City". The community was

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ted in 1880 as "Cove City". The present name is after nearby Lee Creek. A proposal to officially change the town's name to "Leescreek" failed in the 1960s.

References

Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{CrawfordCountyAR-geo-stub