Bonanza Arkansas Map

About Bonanza, Arkansas

Bonanza is a locality in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 587. The population density is 81.3 people per km². Bonanza is located at 35.2318°N, 94.4161°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bonanza is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72916.

Bonanza reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Wells Creek as it carves a path through the red clay and limestone of the Arkansas interior. It lies 10.3 miles south of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 189°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Greenwood. The horizon here is defined by the shadowed silhouette of Sand Ridge, which pulls the gaze upward against a sky that often holds the bruised purple light of an approaching storm. Nearby, the quiet waters of Wofford Lake mirror the shifting clouds, while the deep, verdant bowl of Bear Hollow catches the morning mist before it can burn away. The air carries the scent of damp earth and pine, an ancient stillness that settles over the landscape with the weight of geological time.

Bonanza emerged from the extraction of the earth, its foundations laid by those who followed the seams of coal that once dictated the rhythm of daily labor. While the silence of the mines has long since replaced the clamor of industry, the legacy of that work remains etched into the character of the people who persist in these quiet stretches of land. Modern life here drifts at the pace of the seasons, moving between the simple boundaries of Davy Park and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a home in the hills. It is a place where the past does not vanish but settles into the soil, informing the quiet, stubborn grace of a life lived far from the reach of the restless modern world.

About This Bonanza Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bonanza, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.231794, -94.416133. 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 Bonanza includes the ZIP code (72916), telephone area code (479), county seat of Sebastian County (Fort Smith), and school district assignment (Hackett Public Schools).

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.