Georgetown Arkansas Map

About Georgetown, Arkansas

Georgetown is a locality in White County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 108.2 people per km². Georgetown is located at 35.1267°N, 91.4539°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Georgetown is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72773, 72847, 72143.

Georgetown emerges from the flat, alluvial plains where the White River carves a slow, serpentine path through the landscape, defining the very limits of the terrain. It lies 18.0 miles east-southeast of Searcy, AR (from Searcy, AR: bearing 118°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south-southeast of Bald Knob. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant rise of Hacks Hill, which stands as a solitary sentinel over the expanse of bottomland. Within the Henry Gray/hurricane Lake, the ground holds a deep, seasonal dampness that encourages a dense, tangled growth of hardwood timber, turning the air heavy with the scent of wet silt and decaying leaves. When the sun retreats behind the tree line, the light pools across the fields in shades of bruised purple and ochre, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the quiet basin of Brush Island.

Georgetown retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place long accustomed to the rhythms of the river and the cycle of the harvest. The economy remains anchored to the fertile soil and the stewardship of the surrounding timberlands, drawing its character from generations who have learned to work in concert with the seasonal flooding of the White River. While the modern world moves with frantic intent, life here gravitates toward the slow drift of the water and the stillness of the nearby woods. For those seeking the rare, singular beauty of falling water, the trek to Bridal Veil Falls requires a long journey away from these plains, leaving the local geography defined instead by the steady, unhurried persistence of the earth and the patient, brown currents that have shaped the identity of Georgetown for as long as anyone cares to remember.

About This Georgetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.126678, -91.453923. 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 Georgetown includes the ZIP code (72773, 72847, 72143), telephone area code (479, 501), county seat of White County (Searcy), and school district assignment (Riverview 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.