Mount Pleasant Arkansas Map

About Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

Mount Pleasant is a locality in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. Mount Pleasant is located at 33.2485°N, 91.6151°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72561.

Mount Pleasant lies low and wide, a gentle sprawl under a sky that often hangs thick and humid. It lies 33.8 miles west-south-west of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 251°T), and is situated 10.6 miles east of Hamburg. The land here, a fertile cradle of loamy earth, rolls with the soft, persistent undulation of ancient riverbeds, a landscape that yields generously to the plow and the hoe. Towering pines, their needles whispering secrets in the warm breeze, punctuate the fields of cotton and soybeans, their white bolls like scattered pearls against the deep green. The air itself carries a certain weight, a palpable presence of sun-baked soil and the distant hum of insects, a slow, steady breath drawn deep from the heart of the Delta. The history of Mount Pleasant is written in the broad, slow sweep of the Ashley River, a waterway that once pulsed with the lifeblood of commerce and now meanders with a quieter, more introspective grace. Early settlers, drawn by the rich alluvial soil, established a life here rooted in agriculture, primarily cotton, a legacy that continues to shape the local economy, though diversification into timber and other ventures has taken hold. The faint scent of woodsmoke often drifts from the few scattered homesteads, a reminder of simpler times, while the occasional rumble of a truck on a distant road speaks to the ongoing, unhurried rhythm of life in Mount Pleasant, a place where the past and present mingle like the soft evening light on the water.

About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.248453, -91.615124. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mount Pleasant and Ashley County.

Detailed location data for Mount Pleasant includes the ZIP code (71854), telephone area code (870, 501), county seat of Ashley County (Hamburg), and school district assignment (Melbourne School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mount Pleasant is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.