Hickory Ridge Arkansas Map

About Hickory Ridge, Arkansas

Hickory Ridge is a locality in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 228. The population density is 135.9 people per km². Hickory Ridge is located at 35.4028°N, 90.9945°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hickory Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71640, 72212, 72347.

Hickory Ridge stretches across a flat, fertile expanse where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the dark, loamy soil. It lies 29.3 miles north-northwest of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 337°T), and is situated 16.8 miles northwest of Wynne. The land is defined by the quiet persistence of First Creek, which meanders through the low-lying fields only a mile away, feeding the moisture into the heavy, humid air that clings to the stalks of ripening crops. To the west, the faint, hazy outline of Sailor Harris Ridge breaks the uniformity of the plains, while the dense, swampy timber of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge sits just two miles out, acting as a sanctuary for migratory birds and tangled, ancient thickets. The light here at dusk settles in thick layers of amber and violet, turning the irrigation ditches into ribbons of liquid copper that catch the last warmth of the day before the shadows lengthen across the dust of the county roads.

Hickory Ridge remains anchored to the rhythms of the agricultural seasons, its economy driven by the steady output of rice, soybeans, and cotton that define the surrounding acreage. The history of the settlement is written in the utilitarian architecture of grain silos and the weather-beaten wood of barns that have stood against decades of summer storms and winter freezes. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape occasionally dips into the low, shadowed depressions of Caney Bottoms, while the more distant waters of Snake Slough offer a quiet reprieve from the labor of the harvest. Life in Hickory Ridge moves with a measured, deliberate pace, where the sound of a distant tractor or the call of a hawk over the refuge serves as the primary gauge of time, grounding the people in a landscape that demands both respect and constant, careful stewardship.

About This Hickory Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hickory Ridge, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.402812, -90.994458. 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 Hickory Ridge includes the ZIP code (71640, 72212, 72347), telephone area code (501), county seat of Cross County (Wynne), and school district assignment (Cross County 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.