Madison Arkansas Map

About Madison, Arkansas

Madison is a locality in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 759. The population density is 118.0 people per km². Madison is located at 35.0131°N, 90.7226°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Madison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72359.

Madison commands a low, expansive stretch of bottomland where the Saint Francis River carves a deliberate, silt-heavy path through the Arkansas soil. It lies 3.8 miles east of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 85°T), and is situated 15.0 miles south-southeast of Wynne. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, a wide theater for the afternoon sun to bleed amber light across fields of soybeans and cotton that define the regional geometry. Only the distant, hazy silhouette of Skidmore Ridge breaks the monotony of the sky, serving as a reminder of the higher, jagged country far to the west. Nearby, the water of Forest Lake Number 4 holds a mirror to the clouds, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of the modern world, while the air carries a humid, vegetative scent that deepens as the heat of the day recedes into long, indigo shadows.

Madison draws its pulse from the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of the river trade that once dictated the movement of goods across the Delta. Agriculture remains the primary engine of the local economy, with the Saint Francis Floodway acting as a silent, vast regulator of the water that feeds the surrounding rows of crops. Residents often look toward Stuart Springs Park for a quiet respite, finding in its shaded groves a stillness that matches the deliberate, slow-turning pace of life in the Delta. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the enduring wooden structures and the persistent, soft-spoken vernacular of the people who continue to work the land, turning the seasons into a familiar, repetitive labor that anchors Madison to its place on the map.

About This Madison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.013147, -90.72261. 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 Madison includes the ZIP code (72359), telephone area code (501), county seat of St. Francis County (Forrest City), and school district assignment (Forrest City 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.