Rye Arkansas Map

About Rye, Arkansas

Rye is a locality in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 123. The population density is 10.9 people per km². Rye is located at 33.7462°N, 91.9979°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71671.

Rye emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed expanse of southern Arkansas as a quiet intersection of timberland and open fields. It lies 33.3 miles south of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 179°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Warren. The landscape surrounding Rye is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition of hardwood forests and level terrain, where the air holds the heavy, humid stillness common to these inland stretches. A mile away, the water of Boyd Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the silt, its presence marked by the darker green of water-loving oaks and the sudden, sharp trill of birds hidden in the thicket. Twelve miles to the west, the subtle rise of Gaster Hill breaks the horizon, a soft interruption in the otherwise level topography that catches the last, bruised light of a dying sun.

Agriculture and the harvest of timber have long dictated the pulse of life in Rye, grounding its people in the cycles of the soil and the slow maturation of the woods. Ten miles distant, the Warren Prairie 12 (Plum Creek) serves as a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged character of the region, protecting the native grasses and flora that once dominated this territory. Life here moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by the distance to Cane Creek Lake and the isolation that permits a rare, introspective silence. Whether by the quiet banks of Boyd Branch or amidst the vast, towering pines, Rye remains a place where the work of the day is measured not by the clock, but by the steady, persistent growth of the land itself.

About This Rye Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rye, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.746216, -91.997916. 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 Rye includes the ZIP code (71671), telephone area code (870), county seat of Cleveland County (Rison), and school district assignment (Woodlawn 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.