Plainview Arkansas Map

About Plainview, Arkansas

Plainview is a locality in Arkansas 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 expanses of the Arkansas landscape as a quiet intersection of timberland and flat, fertile soil. It lies 43.0 miles east-northeast of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 65°T), and is situated 13.4 miles east of Stuttgart. The air here holds a heavy, static weight, particularly in the sweltering afternoons when the heat radiates off the asphalt and settles into the tall grasses. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of La Grue Bayou carve a path through the dense vegetation, while the quiet surface of Cooks Lake remains a mere two miles distant, reflecting the shifting ochre and violet hues of the evening sky. Beyond the immediate canopy of hardwoods, the terrain stretches toward a distant horizon where the silhouette of Little Hill marks the edge of the world, twenty-one miles removed from the center of daily life.

Plainview retains the character of a place built upon the labor of the land, where the rhythms of local agriculture and the harvest of timber define the economic pulse. A short distance to the east, the sprawling expanse of the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge provides a necessary sanctuary for migratory birds and native fauna, acting as a green lung for the surrounding territory. The history of Plainview is written in the simple, sturdy architecture of its buildings and the persistence of its residents, who navigate the seasons with a steady, unadorned resolve. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the rural south, punctuated by the seasonal turning of the leaves and the quiet, persistent hum of insects that rises as the sun dips below the tree line.

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 Arkansas County (DeWitt), 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.