Lawson Arkansas Map

About Lawson, Arkansas

Lawson is a locality in Union County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 30.5 people per km². Lawson is located at 33.1968°N, 92.4829°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71730, 71750.

Lawson emerges from the landscape as a quiet assembly of frame houses and shaded lanes spread across the undulating earth of the southern plains. It lies 10.6 miles east of El Dorado, AR (from El Dorado, AR: bearing 94°T), and is situated 18.2 miles southeast of Smackover. Dry Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the surrounding woodlands three miles away, its waters often sluggish beneath the heavy, humid air of midsummer. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Pigeon Hills barely break the horizon, offering a faint, jagged edge to the sky that deepens into a bruised purple during the twilight hour. The quality of light here is singular; as evening descends, it catches the dust motes and the needles of the loblolly pines, casting a warm, honeyed glow that seems to suspend the day in a lingering, golden pause.

Lawson persists as a place where the memory of the timber and oil booms still haunts the architecture of its modest storefronts and gravel-shouldered roads. The local economy maintains a steady, deliberate pace, tied closely to the land and the quiet industry of the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, nine miles distant, where the bottomland hardwoods provide a sanctuary that feels far removed from the mechanical hum of modern life. Even the water of Grapevine Lake, seven miles to the west, reflects a stillness that defines the regional temper, a patient endurance that asks little of the traveler and offers a profound, unspoken clarity to those who stay long enough to hear the pines whispering in the wind.

About This Lawson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lawson, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.196795, -92.482925. 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 Lawson includes the ZIP code (71730, 71750), telephone area code (870), county seat of Union County (El Dorado), and school district assignment (El Dorado 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.