Pottsville Arkansas Map

About Pottsville, Arkansas

Pottsville is a locality in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,140. The population density is 89.6 people per km². Pottsville is located at 35.2306°N, 93.0608°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pottsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72858.

Pottsville emerges from the transition between the flat, fertile expanses of the lowlands and the thickening timber of the interior, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Galla Creek as it carves its path through the silt. It lies 5.2 miles east-southeast of Russellville, AR (from Russellville, AR: bearing 114°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-northeast of Dardanelle. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and the cooling iron of the soil as the afternoon sun retreats toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Petit Jean Mountain. Beyond the immediate reach of the town’s quiet streets, the land settles into the quietude of Galla Creek Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting gray and amber of the clouds. Daily activity often centers around the Pottsville Baseball Field, a space where the rhythm of the game punctuates the stillness of a summer evening, grounding the local pulse in the simple, repetitive motions of practice and play.

Pottsville carries the quiet weight of a place built upon the movement of people across the interior, shifting from early agrarian roots toward a modern economy that leans into the regional flow of commerce. The history of the area is written in the persistence of those who worked the surrounding fields, finding their footing in the shadow of the nearby terrain, including the distant, sheltered reaches of Steep Hollow. Life in Pottsville operates with a deliberate, measured cadence, where the labor of the day gives way to the long, lingering shadows of dusk that stretch across the open ground. This is a landscape of hardwood stands and cleared acreage, where the local character is defined less by grand monuments and more by the enduring connection to the land that sustains the community, keeping the pace of existence synchronized with the slow, seasonal turn of the horizon.

About This Pottsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pottsville, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.230606, -93.060839. 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 Pottsville includes the ZIP code (72858), telephone area code (479), county seat of Pope County (Russellville), and school district assignment (Pottsville Public Schools).

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.