Grannis Arkansas Map

About Grannis, Arkansas

Grannis is a locality in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 496. The population density is 24.1 people per km². Grannis is located at 34.2402°N, 94.3220°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grannis is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71944.

Grannis sits upon a quiet expanse of southwestern Arkansas where the light at dusk flattens the pines into silhouettes against a bruised, violet sky. It lies 57.8 miles north-northwest of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 343°T), and is situated 14.0 miles north of De Queen. The terrain is a rhythmic persistence of hardwood and scrub, broken only by the low, insistent pulse of Coon Creek as it winds through the undergrowth just a short distance away. To the west, the distant profile of the Cross Mountains rises like a serrated spine against the horizon, anchoring the wide, humid plains that stretch toward the deeper shadows of Devils Hollow. The air here holds a heavy, earthen stillness, smelling of damp mulch and the resinous sap of loblolly, a landscape that keeps its own time in the slow, deliberate growth of the forest.

Grannis maintains a steady, modest pace defined by the legacy of the timber industry and the quiet labor of those who work the surrounding soil. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal shifts of the canopy, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, with the Gillham Recreation Area serving as a common ground for those seeking the stillness of the woods near the waters of Gillham Lake. The local rhythm is dictated by the maintenance of rural homesteads and the patient harvest of the land, where the community finds its identity in the spare, unadorned utility of the countryside. It is a place of long, straight roads and porch-light welcomes, where the horizon is wide enough to catch the first gray wash of dawn long before the rest of the world wakes.

About This Grannis Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grannis, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.240165, -94.321995. 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 Grannis includes the ZIP code (71944), telephone area code (870), county seat of Polk County (Mena), and school district assignment (Cossatot River 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.