Midway Arkansas Map

About Midway, Arkansas

Midway is a locality in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,036. The population density is 69.5 people per km². Midway is located at 36.3922°N, 92.4755°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 72394, 71728, 72568.

Midway occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of Cedar Ridge. It lies 23.8 miles east of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 87°T), and is situated 14.3 miles south of Hope. The terrain here holds a subtle tension between the heavy, dark timber of the woodlands and the open, sun-bleached fields that yield to the slow progress of Little Bodcau Creek. Light in this part of the state has a particular, thick quality at dusk, turning the dust motes into suspended gold as the heat rises off the cooling earth. Four miles away, the water of Buehler Herndon Lake Number Two remains a permanent, glass-still presence, reflecting the sky with a clarity that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding plains.

Midway retains a character shaped by the steady, unadorned labor of those who work the soil and manage the timber stands that define the local economy. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of small-scale agriculture and the quiet persistence of families who have measured time by the cycles of the harvest. Six miles to the south, the Bois D'arc serves as a vast, protected corridor for the native flora and fauna that once claimed this entire territory. Life in Midway moves with the measured cadence of the seasons, an existence dictated by the land’s own terms and the simple, profound necessity of keeping the fence lines straight and the fields clear.

About This Midway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midway, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.39224, -92.475532. 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 Midway includes the ZIP code (72394, 71728, 72568), telephone area code (501, 479), county seat of Lafayette County (Lewisville), and school district assignment (Mountain Home 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.