Smithville Arkansas Map

About Smithville, Arkansas

Smithville is a locality in Union County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 50.4 people per km². Smithville is located at 36.0799°N, 91.3027°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smithville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71834, 71730, 72466.

Smithville emerges from the quiet, verdant expanse of the Arkansas landscape where the persistent waters of Salt Creek carve a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 5.4 miles east-northeast of El Dorado, AR (from El Dorado, AR: bearing 77°T), and is situated 13.0 miles southeast of Smackover. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the hardwoods and pines, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pigeon Hills marks the far horizon like a faint brushstroke against the sky. Sunlight at dusk catches the silt-laden ripples of the creek, turning the water into a ribbon of tarnished copper that winds past modest clearings and thickets of brush. Though the terrain remains largely subdued, the land possesses a stoic, grounded quality, where the shadows lengthen slowly across the fields and the evening light settles with a weight that feels as old as the soil itself.

Smithville retains the echoes of a modest, agrarian legacy, reflecting a pace of life governed by the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods and fields. While the local economy remains tied to the quiet rhythms of regional trade and land stewardship, the presence of Lions Club Park provides a communal anchor where the residents gather amidst the sheltering trees. The proximity of Calion Lake, located but a short distance away, offers a broader expanse of water that reflects the changing temper of the seasons, from the pale, budding greens of spring to the deep, rusted ochre of autumn. Life in Smithville moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady, unadorned persistence of a people whose daily labor honors the quietude of the land they occupy.

About This Smithville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smithville, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.079921, -91.302675. 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 Smithville includes the ZIP code (71834, 71730, 72466), telephone area code (870, 501), county seat of Union County (El Dorado), and school district assignment (Hillcrest 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.