Monroe Arkansas Map

About Monroe, Arkansas

Monroe is a locality in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 51. The population density is 26.8 people per km². Monroe is located at 34.7348°N, 91.1046°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72108.

Monroe presents itself as a quiet expanse where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the land. It lies 26.0 miles southwest of Forrest City, AR (from Forrest City, AR: bearing 223°T), and is situated 19.9 miles west of Marianna. The terrain around Monroe consists of low-slung, fertile plains that catch the long, honeyed light of late afternoon, casting shadows that stretch across the fields like ink spilled on parchment. To the northwest, the distant silhouette of Walnut Ridge serves as a jagged anchor against the sky, while the local topography dips into the fertile depressions of Warrior Bottom. Two miles away, the dark, silt-heavy waters of Big Piney Creek carve a slow path through the clay, providing a rhythmic, constant companion to the fields that surround the settlement.

Monroe retains the character of a place built on the cycles of the harvest and the patient labor of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the scent of turned earth and pine needles lingers in the humid air. Residents often look toward the nearby Big Creek Wildlife Management Area for a reprieve from the heat, or find a moment of stillness along the quiet banks of Whistling Lake, four miles from the center of activity. Life in Monroe moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic urgencies of distant capitals, preferring the predictable turning of the seasons and the simple, enduring gravity of the rural landscape.

About This Monroe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monroe, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.734819, -91.104566. 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 Monroe includes the ZIP code (72108), telephone area code (501), county seat of Monroe County (Clarendon), and school district assignment (Clarendon 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.