Coal Hill Arkansas Map

About Coal Hill, Arkansas

Coal Hill is a locality in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 820. The population density is 108.0 people per km². Coal Hill is located at 35.4373°N, 93.6730°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Coal Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72832, 72840.

Coal Hill occupies a quiet expanse of the Arkansas interior, where the land shifts from gentle rises into the deeper, shadowed folds of the regional topography. It lies 32.3 miles west-northwest of Russellville, AR (from Russellville, AR: bearing 290°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-southeast of Ozark. The local atmosphere is defined by a heavy, humid stillness that settles over the thickets of pine and hardwood, particularly as the afternoon light turns a bruised, golden violet against the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of Sand Ridge offer a serrated edge to the skyline, while the immediate drainage of Patsy Creek carves a path through the red clay soil just a mile from the center of Coal Hill. The air here holds a distinct, earthy scent of damp loam and decaying leaves, a persistent reminder of the dense forests that press against the edges of the clearing.

History in this region is inextricably tied to the extraction of the earth’s own minerals, a legacy that once fueled the growth of the locality and dictated the rhythm of its early development. While the roar of the mines has long since faded into a profound silence, the landscape still bears the subtle, sunken scars of a former economy. Today, life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the proximity of Hartman Lake and the expansive, quiet vistas of the Dardanelle Recreation Area. Residents often look toward the broader, more distant reaches of Philpott Valley for the quietude of open space, finding a sense of continuity in the way the seasons color the canopy of dogwood and redbud. It is a place where the modern world feels attenuated, replaced by a steady, observational stillness that mirrors the slow, brown movement of the local waterways.

About This Coal Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coal Hill, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.437307, -93.67297. 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 Coal Hill includes the ZIP code (72832, 72840), telephone area code (479), county seat of Johnson County (Clarksville), and school district assignment (Westside 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.