Fourche Arkansas Map

About Fourche, Arkansas

Fourche is a locality in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 108.7 people per km². Fourche is located at 34.9940°N, 92.6210°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fourche is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72016.

Fourche persists as a quiet congregation of timber and soil, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Fourche LaFave River as it carves through the Arkansas landscape. It lies 12.1 miles west-southwest of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 237°T), and is situated 15.1 miles northwest of Maumelle. The terrain here rises in modest swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Easterwood Mountain, while the low-lying moisture of the earth encourages dense stands of hardwood to thrive in the humid air. Light at dusk takes on a heavy, amber quality, catching the suspended dust above the fields and turning the Murray Pool Recreation Area into a place of long, cooling shadows. Only two miles distant, the still waters of Francis Lake mirror the sky, serving as a silent anchor for the local horizon.

Fourche draws its character from the rhythms of the earth, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the forest and the slow reclamation of the land. The history of the area is written in the persistence of its people, who have long navigated the proximity of Holmes Hollow and the seasonal shifts of the riverbanks. While the distant Farkleberry Trail offers a more rugged passage for those seeking the deeper woods, life in Fourche remains grounded in the immediate tasks of the day and the enduring patience of the pines. There is a particular stillness here during the heat of midsummer, a sense that the land is breathing in unison with the slow, muddy currents that have shaped this valley for generations.

About This Fourche Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fourche, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.993976, -92.620996. 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 Fourche includes the ZIP code (72016), telephone area code (870), county seat of Perry County (Perryville), and school district assignment (East End 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.