Mount Vernon Arkansas Map

About Mount Vernon, Arkansas

Mount Vernon is a locality in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Mount Vernon is located at 35.2236°N, 92.1240°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Vernon is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71770, 72830, 72111.

Mount Vernon unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Basham Creek, which carves a quiet path through the terrain. It lies 25.2 miles northwest of Russellville, AR (from Russellville, AR: bearing 319°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-northeast of Clarksville. The air here holds the weight of damp earth and cooling timber, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the Ozark National Forest, which begins its dense, shadowed reach only two miles away. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land rises in thoughtful, measured swells toward the silhouette of Bee Ridge, a jagged spine of rock and pine that anchors the horizon. When the light of late afternoon catches the canopy, the hardwoods shift from deep emerald to a bruised, atmospheric violet, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that stretch toward the stillness of Lake Ludwig.

Economic life in Mount Vernon remains tied to the slow, deliberate rhythms of the land, where the labor of the soil has long dictated the calendar of the seasons. History here is felt in the stubborn persistence of small-scale agriculture and the quiet maintenance of homesteads that have weathered generations of humid summers and sharp, biting winters. The local character is one of solitude and self-reliance, shaped by the rugged isolation of nearby Officers Hollow and the occasional traveler seeking the quiet solitude of the Peggy Steep Trail. Though the world beyond the ridge moves with a different velocity, life in Mount Vernon preserves a singular, focused intensity, marked by the simple, enduring presence of the landscape that surrounds every porch and pasture.

About This Mount Vernon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Vernon, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.223605, -92.12398. 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 Mount Vernon includes the ZIP code (71770, 72830, 72111), telephone area code (479, 501), county seat of Johnson County (Clarksville), and school district assignment (Mount Vernon-Enola 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.