Rosston Arkansas Map

About Rosston, Arkansas

Rosston is a locality in Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 23.8 people per km². Rosston is located at 33.5880°N, 93.2869°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rosston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71858.

Rosston sits quietly amidst a landscape defined by the persistent, winding path of Williams Creek, which cuts through the red-clay earth with a steady, unhurried purpose. It lies 22.6 miles north of Magnolia, AR (from Magnolia, AR: bearing 355°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east-southeast of Hope. The terrain surrounding Rosston is a mosaic of dense timber and open fields, where the humid air often hangs heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp soil. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Cedar Ridge marks the boundary of the world, while closer at hand, the terrain softens into the quiet, wooded tracts of the Poison Spring State Forest / Wildlife Management Area. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality, turning the dust motes into gold as they drift over the tall, unkempt grasses that border the local lanes.

Agriculture and the timber industry have long dictated the pace of life in Rosston, anchoring the residents to the seasonal rhythms of planting and harvest. The legacy of the land is thick with the stories of those who worked the soil long before the modern era, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the way neighbors greet one another on the porch. While the proximity to Barham Lake Number 1 provides a modest reprieve for those seeking the stillness of water, the true character of the place remains tied to the deep, shadowed thickets of the nearby Poison Springs State Forest. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, deliberate growth of the hardwoods and the shifting shadows cast by the afternoon sun across the flat, expansive fields.

About This Rosston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rosston, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.588019, -93.286934. 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 Rosston includes the ZIP code (71858), telephone area code (870), county seat of Nevada County (Prescott), and school district assignment (Nevada 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.