Horatio Arkansas Map

About Horatio, Arkansas

Horatio is a locality in Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 920. The population density is 199.1 people per km². Horatio is located at 33.9384°N, 94.3571°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Horatio is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71842.

Horatio settles into the low-slung geography of southwest Arkansas, where the landscape stretches out in a patient, verdant expanse of pine woods and fertile bottomland. It lies 38.9 miles north-northwest of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 332°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of De Queen. Mill Creek traces a quiet, persistent line through the periphery, its waters moving with a deliberate cadence that mirrors the slow, steady shift of the seasons. To the north, the distant, hazy silhouette of Rockpile Mountain rises against the sky, a reminder of the rugged terrain that defines the wider region. The air here holds a heavy, humid warmth that clings to the skin, especially when the light of a late afternoon sun turns the tall grasses to a muted, burnished gold. Just a short distance away, the quiet waters of Berks Slough offer a sanctuary for the local fauna, while the nearby Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge provides a vast, protected corridor where the thick timber meets the tangled undergrowth of the wetlands.

Horatio carries the weight of a long agricultural heritage, where the rhythm of the harvest once dictated the pulse of every street and storefront. The local economy remains deeply tied to the land, drawing strength from the timber industry and the surrounding farms that yield their bounty under the relentless sun. People here move with a careful, measured gait, shaped by a history of labor that values the integrity of a hard day's work and the quiet reliability of neighbors. While the modern world occasionally pulls at the edges of this place, the spirit of the inhabitants remains anchored to the local soil and the nearby expanse of Glen Canyon, which cuts its own ancient, quiet path through the earth. Even as the sun slips below the horizon, there is a lingering sense of permanence in the way the shadows lengthen across the fields, signaling the end of another day in a place that measures time not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable turn of the year.

About This Horatio Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Horatio, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.938448, -94.357149. 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 Horatio includes the ZIP code (71842), telephone area code (870), county seat of Sevier County (De Queen), and school district assignment (Horatio 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.