Crosses is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Valley Township, Madison County,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

, United States, located at the intersection of Arkansas Highways 16 and Highway 295.

History

The community has the name of one Mr. Cross, a pioneer citizen. 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. He was subsequently fired from his coaching job for lying about the accident to the school.

References

Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{MadisonCountyAR-geo-stub