Drew County, Arkansas Map
Explore Drew County, Arkansas with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 7 cities and towns in Drew County below.
Interactive Map of Drew County, Arkansas
| County | Drew |
| State | Arkansas (AR) |
| County Seat | Monticello |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 33.59015 |
| Longitude | -91.647468 |
| Cities & Towns | 7 |
| Area Codes | 870 |
About Drew County, Arkansas
Drew County occupies a transitional space where the flat, fertile expanse of the Mississippi Delta meets the rising, timbered ridges of the coastal plain. The terrain shifts from the dark, moisture-heavy silt of the eastern lowlands toward a western landscape dominated by loblolly pine and hardwood forests. Bayou Bartholomew, often cited as one of the longest bayous in the world, winds through this landscape like a slow, dark artery, its sluggish current carving a path through the alluvial soil. In the heat of late August, the air grows dense and heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine resin, and the light at dusk turns a bruised, liquid gold that seems to cling to the cypress knees protruding from the water’s edge.
Legislators established Drew County in the mid-nineteenth century, carving its borders from portions of surrounding territories to accommodate the influx of settlers moving inland from the river ports. The formation of the county followed the broader patterns of agrarian expansion, with families arriving to clear the dense timber and work the productive soil. A central seat of government was designated to serve as the administrative anchor, chosen for its proximity to the rising agricultural trade that defined the early era. The town grew outward from a central square, its architecture reflecting the pragmatic needs of a frontier society that sought to organize the wilderness into a grid of commerce and governance. Today, the quiet brick facades of the courthouse square remain, standing as a steady witness to the generations who measured their lives by the planting and harvest seasons.
Agriculture and timber remain the primary currents of the local economy, though the modern landscape is increasingly shaped by the presence of a regional university that brings a different cadence to the daily life of the area. The days here move with the deliberate pace of a long-settled place, where the work of the mill and the field continues beneath an expansive, unchanging sky. On autumn mornings, a thin, white mist often hangs low over the fields, obscuring the horizon until the sun burns it away, revealing the stark lines of the timber stands. It is a county defined by the persistence of its work and the subtle shifts in its geography, where the people carry a quiet, unhurried demeanor that matches the slow, persistent drift of the bayou waters. Drew County persists as a place of quiet industry, grounded in the deep soil and the steady growth of the forest that surrounds it.
Cities and Towns in Drew County
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About This Drew County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Drew County, Arkansas alongside links to detailed street maps for 7 cities and towns. The county seat is Monticello. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
