Plainview Arkansas Map

About Plainview, Arkansas

Plainview is a locality in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 467. The population density is 123.8 people per km². Plainview is located at 34.9899°N, 93.2979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plainview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72865, 72026, 72081.

Plainview emerges from the low, humid basin where the persistent current of Prairie Creek carves a winding path through the dense, tangled undergrowth. It lies 22.0 miles south-southwest of Russellville, AR (from Russellville, AR: bearing 205°T), and is situated 7.0 miles southeast of Danville. The land here holds a deep, heavy quiet, defined by the way the sunlight thickens in the afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Danville Mountain. Hardwood forests and thick stands of pine dominate the horizon, their boughs heavy with the weight of the damp earth, while the air carries the scent of pine needles and turned soil. Just two miles away, the surface of Nimrod Lake catches the sky, acting as a silver mirror that anchors the geography of the surrounding timberlands and wild, tangled thickets.

Plainview maintains an economy rooted in the patient work of the land, where the rhythms of agriculture and the timber trade dictate the slow, measured pulse of the day. Life gravitates toward the Nimrod Recreation Area, a place where the local landscape opens up to provide a respite from the dense, sweltering heat of the summer months. History here is quiet and unrecorded in grand monuments, whispered instead through the persistence of families who have worked the fields and navigated the brush for generations. Far from the bustling centers of industry, the character of Plainview remains tethered to the terrain, a place where the stillness of a late-day sky over the distant expanse of Booze Hollow feels like the most significant event in a long, sun-drenched season.

About This Plainview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plainview, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.989874, -93.297948. 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 Plainview includes the ZIP code (72865, 72026, 72081), telephone area code (870, 479), county seat of Yell County (Danville), and school district assignment (Two Rivers 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.