Category: Boundaries

Cherokee Boundary

December 28, 2025

When a final boundary was set between the Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma, and the Arkansas Territory, that portion of the boundary from Fort Smith north to the Missouri border was referred to as the Cherokee Boundary and later as the Cherokee Line. The boundary south of Fort Smith was referred to as the Choctaw Boundary.

Lovely County

February 21, 2016

This map depicts some of the administrative boundaries that are related to creation of Lovely County in 1827. Parts of present-day Benton, Crawford and Washington Counties were part of “Lovely’s Purchase” and the later Lovely County, although the boundary of the latter was significantly larger than that of the former. Here’s a timeline of when … More Lovely County