Cotton Plant Arkansas Map

About Cotton Plant, Arkansas

Cotton Plant is a locality in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 529. The population density is 196.6 people per km². Cotton Plant is located at 35.0081°N, 91.2512°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cotton Plant is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72036.

Cotton Plant sits upon a flat expanse of fertile earth, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the shadow of any distant peak. It lies 26.1 miles west of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 270°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-northwest of Brinkley. Turkey Creek winds its way through the landscape, a steady, modest presence that defines the drainage of the surrounding fields. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness during the long afternoons, carrying the scent of damp soil and the sharp, sweet tang of late-season grasses. Only four miles away, the quiet waters of Hammond Lake provide a mirror for the sky, while the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge lies just two miles out, offering a sanctuary of dense timber and brush that stands in stark contrast to the cleared rows of the agrarian plain.

Cotton Plant bears the remnants of a time when the prosperity of the white fiber dictated the rhythm of every household and the movement of the local economy. The legacy of the land is written in the geometry of the fields, where generations have labored to coax life from the dark, heavy loam. While the pace of modern industry has shifted the town’s focus, the spirit of the place remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the patient, deliberate movement of the seasons. Residents move with a quiet intention through streets that hold the weight of decades, finding a rare, solitary beauty in the way the low sun turns the gray-stained wood of older buildings into something luminous and fleeting as dusk settles over the fields.

About This Cotton Plant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.008148, -91.251237. 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 Cotton Plant includes the ZIP code (72036), telephone area code (870), county seat of Woodruff County (Augusta), and school district assignment (Augusta 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.