Midland Arkansas Map

About Midland, Arkansas

Midland is a locality in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 253.3 people per km². Midland is located at 35.0932°N, 94.3533°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Midland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72945.

Midland occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, steady movement of the James Fork as it carves a path through the Arkansas soil. It lies 20.4 miles south of Fort Smith, AR (from Fort Smith, AR: bearing 173°T), and is situated 10.1 miles south-southwest of Greenwood. The horizon is anchored by the presence of Scott Ridge, which looms four miles away, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. To the west, the landscape holds the stillness of Sugar Loaf Lake, a reflective expanse that catches the changing colors of the sky, while the rugged expanse of the Poteau Mountain Wilderness remains a silent, forested sentinel seven miles to the south. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a heavy, fragrant stillness that seems to suspend the passage of time across the open, unhurried plains.

Midland maintains the character of a place that has long relied on the earth beneath its feet, with a history tied to the extraction of coal and the quiet labor of the land. The economy has shifted from the intensity of early mining to a slower, more deliberate cadence, where the rhythm of the day is marked by the distant hum of machinery and the seasonal cycles of the fields. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the terrain dips toward the distant seclusion of Bear Hollow, reinforcing the sense of a geography that prefers to keep its own counsel. Life in Midland proceeds with a modest gravity, defined by the endurance of those who work the timber or tend the soil, finding a particular, understated beauty in the way the light catches the dust on a porch or the way the river remains a constant, low-voiced companion to the day.

About This Midland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midland, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.093152, -94.35327. 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 Midland includes the ZIP code (72945), telephone area code (479), county seat of Sebastian County (Fort Smith), and school district assignment (Hackett Public Schools).

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.