Black Oak Arkansas Map

About Black Oak, Arkansas

Black Oak is a locality in Poinsett 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 emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Arkansas Delta as a quiet grid of streets defined by the horizon’s wide, unwavering reach. It lies 20.6 miles northwest of Marion, AR (from Marion, AR: bearing 324°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south of Marked Tree. The soil here possesses a dark, heavy richness, anchoring the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and industrious. A mile to the west, the Tyronza River traces a sluggish, silt-heavy path through the fields, while the calm surface of Luss Lake mirrors the expansive sky just two miles away. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pecan Ridge serves as the only vertical interruption to the otherwise level tapestry of farmland, where the air often hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and coming rain.

Agriculture remains the singular heartbeat of Black Oak, with vast fields of cotton and soybeans stretching toward the Saint Francis Sunken Lands, a protected sanctuary that draws the wild back into the edges of the cultivated plain. The legacy of the region is written in the furrows of the earth, a history of labor and persistence that continues to dictate the slow, measured pace of daily affairs. Life here is governed by the cycles of the harvest and the changing light, which turns the stubble of the fields into a deep, burnished gold during the long afternoons. Beyond the reach of Cow Island, the community maintains a steady, inward-looking rhythm, finding its character in the resilience of the people who have long turned this flat, demanding ground into a livelihood.

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 Poinsett County (Harrisburg), 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.