Clarkedale Arkansas Map

About Clarkedale, Arkansas

Clarkedale is a locality in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 336. The population density is 11.3 people per km². Clarkedale is located at 35.2970°N, 90.2103°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clarkedale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72325.

Clarkedale sits anchored to the flat, expansive floor of the Mississippi Delta, a landscape defined by the relentless horizontal pull of dark, fertile earth. It lies 6.9 miles north-northwest of Marion, AR (from Marion, AR: bearing 341°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northwest of Memphis. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Pecan Ridge that marks the edge of the flatlands. Nearby, the quiet, sluggish flow of Fifteenmile Bayou slices through the soil, carving a path through the fields that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the local environment. When the sun hangs low, the light catches the silt in the water and the dust of the plains, bathing the fields in a bruised, amber glow that makes the vast openness feel less like a void and more like a heavy, breathing presence.

Clarkedale emerged from the necessity of the soil, with its identity inextricably tied to the rhythms of large-scale agriculture that have defined the region for generations. The economy persists in a cycle of planting and harvest, where the silence of the winter fields is broken only by the mechanical hum of seasonal labor. Beyond the cultivated rows, the Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge serves as a preserved counterpoint to the farmland, offering a sanctuary where migratory birds reclaim the landscape near the quiet waters of Wapanocca Lake. Life here moves with the gravity of the seasons, a place where the proximity to the expansive Lloyd Bottom serves as a reminder of the alluvial forces that shaped this stubborn, productive terrain.

About This Clarkedale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clarkedale, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.297028, -90.21025. 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 Clarkedale includes the ZIP code (72325), telephone area code (501), county seat of Crittenden County (Marion), and school district assignment (Marion 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.