Amagon Arkansas Map

About Amagon, Arkansas

Amagon is a locality in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 69. The population density is 240.0 people per km². Amagon is located at 35.5620°N, 91.1104°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Amagon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72005.

Amagon emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Arkansas landscape as a quiet grid defined by the reach of the sun and the steady, seasonal rhythms of the soil. It lies 29.9 miles southwest of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 230°T), and is situated 10.1 miles east-southeast of Newport. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the occasional silhouette of a distant grain silo or the dense, dark lines of timber that mark the banks of the Cache River just a mile to the west. In the stillness of the afternoon, the air holds a heavy, humid warmth that seems to amplify the rustle of dry stalks, while the light at dusk turns the dusty roads into ribbons of muted gold, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Surrounded Hill.

Economic life in Amagon remains deeply anchored to the fertile earth, where the work of generations persists in the cultivation of rice and soybeans that color the seasons in shades of emerald and straw. This rural persistence is mirrored by the presence of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, a nearby sanctuary that preserves the wilder character of the bottomlands and provides a necessary respite for migratory birds. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of those who watch the weather for a living, maintaining a small-scale, grounded existence that values the utility of a well-tended tractor or the communal silence of a porch at twilight. While the larger world continues its frantic pace, Amagon retains a singular focus, tethered to the slow drainage of the plains and the unpretentious dignity of a life lived close to the harvest.

About This Amagon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Amagon, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.562025, -91.110401. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Amagon includes the ZIP code (72005), telephone area code (870), county seat of Jackson County (Newport), and school district assignment (Newport School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.