Hamburg Arkansas Map

About Hamburg, Arkansas

Hamburg is a locality in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,886. The population density is 336.3 people per km². Hamburg is located at 33.2282°N, 91.7976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71646.

Hamburg, Arkansas, breathes a quiet, humid air, thick with the scent of pine and the distant murmur of cicadas. It lies 44.3 miles west-south-west of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 254°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-north-east of North Crossett. The land here rolls with a gentle, persistent hummock, not dramatic rises but soft swells that cradle sleepy hollows where sunlight filters through the broad leaves of oak and hickory. Drainage ditches, neatly cut and edged with wild grass, trace silvery lines across the landscape, remnants of a constant negotiation with the water that shapes this fertile plain. The sky above is a vast canvas, often streaked with the bruised purples and bruised oranges of an approaching summer storm, a spectacle that lends a certain drama to the otherwise placid scene. The story of Hamburg is written in its soil, a rich loam that has long sustained agriculture, primarily cotton and soybeans, their green fields stretching to the horizon like a rumpled quilt. This has been the engine of Hamburg's economy for generations, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life, slowing to a crawl in the sweltering heat of July and quickening with the crisp air of autumn. The Ashdown Formation, a geological layer rich in fossilized marine life, whispers of a time when this land lay beneath a shallow sea, a history now buried beneath the cultivated fields and the unassuming streets of Hamburg. You can feel the weight of this past in the weathered clapboard of older homes and the stoic bearing of its long-time residents, a quiet resilience forged in the sunshine and the storms.

About This Hamburg Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Hamburg, Arkansas with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Hamburg and Ashley County.

Detailed location data for Hamburg includes the ZIP code (71646), telephone area code (337), county seat of Ashley County (Hamburg), and school district assignment (Hamburg School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Hamburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.