Dierks Arkansas Map

About Dierks, Arkansas

Dierks is a locality in Howard County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 916. The population density is 184.3 people per km². Dierks is located at 34.1193°N, 94.0166°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dierks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71833.

Dierks sits amidst a landscape of deep pine timber and tangled hardwoods, where the air hangs heavy and sweet with the scent of damp earth and resin. It lies 46.8 miles north of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 1°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east-northeast of De Queen. The terrain transitions from flat, sun-drenched clearings into the shadows of dense woodland, marked by the steady, persistent flow of Holly Creek nearby. To the north, the distant outline of Pea Ridge casts a jagged, violet silhouette against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanent, ancient stillness. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the needles of the pines and casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward Dierks Lake, where the water remains unnervingly smooth and mirror-bright under the cooling evening sky.

Dierks grew from the hard labor of the timber industry, a place where the economy was long dictated by the rhythmic whine of the sawmill and the steady haul of logs from the surrounding forests. The legacy of these wood-based industries remains etched into the local character, a quiet resilience that defines the daily movement of the people who live here. Beyond the industry, the proximity to the Dierks Recreation Area offers a reprieve from the heat, providing a space where the pace of life slows to match the drift of the wind through the canopy. It is a place of deliberate, quiet work, where the history of the land is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring strength of the timber and the slow, seasonal transition of the woods.

About This Dierks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dierks, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.119278, -94.016582. 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 Dierks includes the ZIP code (71833), telephone area code (870), county seat of Howard County (Nashville), and school district assignment (Dierks 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.