Bowman Arkansas Map

About Bowman, Arkansas

Bowman is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 75. The population density is 18.6 people per km². Bowman is located at 35.8168°N, 90.4962°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71653, 72437.

Bowman emerges from the flat, industrious stretch of the Arkansas lowlands where the Big Bay Ditch carves a deliberate, muddy path through the soil. It lies 11.9 miles east of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 96°T), and is situated 7.3 miles southeast of Brookland. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Black Oak Ridge rising eight miles to the west like a sleeper’s spine. To the east, the terrain yields to the low-lying expanse of the Saint Francis Sunken Lands, a vast, watery wilderness that breathes a humid, heavy stillness into the afternoon air. Sunlight here has a way of thickening as it hits the silt, turning the evening sky into a bruised plum color that settles over the fields long before the crickets begin their rhythmic, metallic chorus.

Bowman sustains itself on the quiet, insistent labor of the earth, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of every passing season. The history of the area is written in the furrows of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of agricultural grit that has remained the primary engine of the local economy for generations. While the nearby Maumelle Prairie offers a stark, grassy contrast to the worked fields, the people of Bowman find their own sanctuary in the quietude of the land, far from the frantic hum of larger centers. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, anchored by the knowledge that twelve miles away, the waters of Craighead Forest Lake hold the stillness of the deep woods, providing a cool reprieve from the relentless, sun-drenched intensity of the plains.

About This Bowman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bowman, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.816835, -90.496228. 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 Bowman includes the ZIP code (71653, 72437), telephone area code (870, 501), county seat of Craighead County (Jonesboro), and school district assignment (Riverside 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.