Map of Leola town, Arkansas

Leola is a town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 501 at the 2010 census. It is the southernmost municipality within the Central Arkansas region.

Leola town overview:
Name:	Leola town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Arkansas
County:	Grant County
Elevation:	269 ft (82 m)
Total Area:	0.85 sq mi (2.21 km²)
Land Area:	0.85 sq mi (2.21 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	460
Population Density:	538.64/sq mi (207.86/km²)
ZIP code:	72084
Area code:	870
FIPS code:	0539310
GNISfeature ID:	0058056

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History

In 1864, the Camden Expedition (part of a larger military operation, the Red River Campaign), under the command of General Frederick Steele, marched his union troops along the Old Camden Road that passed through Leola after his supplies were depleted and Gen. Kirby’s Confederates were on his rear flank as they approached the Jenkins’ Ferry on the Saline River. A bloody battle of Jenkins’ Ferry ensued. The Union troops barely crossed the Saline River, when they did, they burned the pontoon bridge and resulted in a victory in retreated as the Union marched back to Union controlled Little Rock via Prattsville and Old Belfast along the Old Camden Road.

In the late summer of 1921, Winters Syndicate drilled down over 1,920 feet exploring for oil in the Leola area. The Belmont Oil Company planned to develop oil fields in Leola, too. However, no oil was discovered.

Ray Thornton (1928-2016) attended public school in Leola. Thornton is a former U.S. Representative, lawyer, Arkansas Supreme Court justice, university president, and currently is the Public Service Fellow for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Thornton played “a key role in fashioning the articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon concerning the Watergate cover-up.” Thornton was a party in the Supreme Court of the United States case, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, that ruled that Arkansas and other states attempts at placing term limits on members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, unconstitutional.