Pleasant Grove Arkansas Map

About Pleasant Grove, Arkansas

Pleasant Grove is a locality in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 235. The population density is 32.2 people per km². Pleasant Grove is located at 35.8205°N, 91.9070°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 72030, 72405, 72112.

Pleasant Grove marks the horizon with a quiet persistence, defined by the interplay of dense woodland and the subtle, irregular slopes that characterize this part of the state. It lies 3.3 miles east-northeast of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 68°T), and is situated 4.7 miles southwest of Brookland. Murray Creek moves with a deliberate, low cadence through the underbrush just a mile from the center, its banks lined with the damp, dark earth and tangled roots of hardwood trees that thrive in the humid air. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land opens into pastures where the light at dusk takes on a thin, bruised violet quality, casting long shadows across the uneven ground. Seventeen miles distant, the silhouette of Black Oak Ridge creates a jagged, serrated edge against the sky, a reminder of the more rugged elevation that looms beyond the immediate, softer topography.

Pleasant Grove sustains itself through the steady, quiet labor of agriculture and the maintenance of the timber that blankets the surrounding countryside. Residents find a familiar stillness in the proximity of Unknown Park, where the forest remains largely undisturbed, offering a slow, measured pace of life that persists regardless of the wider world’s urgency. Six miles away, the waters of Big Creek Site Seven Reservoir provide a reflective, artificial stillness, holding the sky in a mirror of gray and blue that changes with the passing seasons. Life here is measured not by grand events, but by the maintenance of fences and the seasonal turn of the soil, grounded in a history of settlement that values resilience over display.

About This Pleasant Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Grove, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.820465, -91.906976. 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 Pleasant Grove includes the ZIP code (72030, 72405, 72112), telephone area code (501), county seat of Craighead County (Jonesboro), and school district assignment (Mountain View 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.