Black Oak Arkansas Map

About Black Oak, Arkansas

Black Oak is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 233. The population density is 215.2 people per km². Black Oak is located at 35.8365°N, 90.3676°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Black Oak is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72386, 72701, 72414.

Black Oak unfolds across a vast, level expanse of rich agricultural earth that stretches toward a wide and luminous horizon. It lies 16.8 miles south-southeast of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 154°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of Lake City. The landscape surrounding Black Oak is defined by the flat, fertile geometry of the Delta, where the sun pulls long, amber shadows across fields of cotton and soybeans. A mile to the west, Little Slough Ditch channels the slow, deliberate movement of water through the silt, providing a quiet vein of moisture to the thirsty soil. Not far to the east, the Saint Francis Sunken Lands offer a sprawling sanctuary of bottomland hardwoods and seasonal wetlands, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a heron or the rustle of wind through the tall, coarse grasses.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of the local economy, dictating the seasonal migration of labor and the steady, mechanical hum of machinery that marks the harvest months. The history of Black Oak remains anchored in the stubborn resilience of those who first cleared the thick timber to reveal the dark, productive loam beneath. While the pace of life remains slow, marked by the changing colors of the crops, the proximity to features like Grapevine Island and the distant waters of Lake Frierson reminds the traveler of the complex, water-fed nature of the regional terrain. Evenings here bring a peculiar clarity to the air, as the heat of the day dissipates and the silhouettes of farm structures sharpen against a sky that turns the color of a bruised plum, reflecting the honest, unadorned character of the plains.

About This Black Oak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Black Oak, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.836485, -90.367568. 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 Black Oak includes the ZIP code (72386, 72701, 72414), telephone area code (479, 501), county seat of Craighead County (Jonesboro), and school district assignment (Buffalo Island Central 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.