Patmos Arkansas Map

About Patmos, Arkansas

Patmos is a locality in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 198.3 people per km². Patmos is located at 33.5118°N, 93.5663°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Patmos is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71801.

Patmos exists as a quiet accumulation of earth and timber, where the heavy, humid air of the southwest Arkansas plains clings to the long, low shadows of hardwood stands. It lies 25.3 miles northwest of Magnolia, AR (from Magnolia, AR: bearing 312°T), and is situated 10.8 miles south of Hope. The terrain here is defined by a subtle, deliberate flatness that yields to the slow, meandering gravity of Little Bodcau Creek just a short distance away, its channel cutting through the silt and clay with a patient, muddy persistence. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Cedar Ridge rises like a bruised purple spine against the sky, providing a vertical contrast to the sprawling, sun-drenched fields of grass and brush. During the golden hour, the light turns thick and syrupy, catching the dust kicked up by a solitary truck and bathing the surrounding woods in a color reminiscent of rusted iron.

Patmos maintains a rhythm dictated by the land’s quiet productivity, reflecting a history tied to the slow cycles of agriculture and the resilient, deep-rooted character of its inhabitants. Though the bustle of commerce feels worlds away, the proximity of Bois D'arc offers a sprawling, protected sanctuary of bottomland hardwoods where the canopy remains dense and undisturbed, preserving a wildness that has mostly vanished from the cleared rows of the modern landscape. Residents often turn their gaze toward the horizon or toward the quiet expanse of Buehler Herndon Lake Number Two when the heat of the afternoon demands a respite. Life in Patmos is stripped of pretense, favoring the tangible connection to the soil and the persistent, quiet endurance of a landscape that asks for little but gives back in the honest, unadorned beauty of a darkening sky.

About This Patmos Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Patmos, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.511787, -93.566289. 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 Patmos includes the ZIP code (71801), telephone area code (870), county seat of Hempstead County (Hope), and school district assignment (Hope 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.