Damascus Arkansas Map

About Damascus, Arkansas

Damascus is a locality in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 382. The population density is 79.2 people per km². Damascus is located at 35.3671°N, 92.4107°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Damascus is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71753, 72039.

Damascus occupies a quiet expanse of north-central Arkansas where the landscape transitions into the rugged transition zones of the foothills. It lies 12.8 miles east of Magnolia, AR (from Magnolia, AR: bearing 91°T), and is situated 18.4 miles west-southwest of Smackover. Hurricane Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, its waters often reflecting the dense canopy of hardwoods and pines that hold the soil in place. On clear days, the silhouette of Harvin Ridge haunts the distant horizon like a faded watercolor, providing a scale against which the low-slung, green slopes of the immediate vicinity seem modest and grounded. The quality of light here during the late afternoon is singular, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the fields that make the dust motes in the air appear suspended in amber.

Damascus maintains the steady, unadorned pace of a region defined by its connection to the land and the simple requirements of rural life. While the economy remains rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and local trade, the proximity of Logoly State Park provides a necessary reminder of the deeper, wilder timberlands that once blanketed this entire province. Life here does not seek the frantic attention of the outside world, favoring instead the small, repetitive duties of maintaining fence lines and tending to the seasonal shifts of the harvest. Those seeking a broader perspective of the regional water cycle might look toward Wilson Lake, though the local identity remains tethered to the slow, persistent movement of the creek beds that have shaped the settlement’s quiet survival for generations.

About This Damascus Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Damascus, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.367092, -92.410712. 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 Damascus includes the ZIP code (71753, 72039), telephone area code (870), county seat of Columbia County (Magnolia), and school district assignment (South Side-Bee Branch 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.