Southside Arkansas Map

About Southside, Arkansas

Southside is a locality in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,279. The population density is 167.6 people per km². Southside is located at 35.7202°N, 91.6302°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Southside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72039, 72501.

Southside emerges from the dense, tangled hardwoods of the Ozark foothills, defined by the persistent, winding path of Kill Dead Creek that cuts through the local landscape. It lies 23.5 miles north of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 7°T), and is situated 13.3 miles north of Greenbrier. The terrain here is marked by a rugged, limestone-strewn earth where the air retains a heavy, humid stillness during the long afternoons. To the west, the dark silhouette of Rabbit Ridge looms against the horizon, providing a constant, jagged border to the sky. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land drops into the shadows of Wolf Fall Hollow, where the moisture gathers and the soil turns a deep, mineral-rich red. When the light fades, the atmosphere in Southside takes on a cool, silver clarity, turning the jagged lines of the undergrowth into a quiet, monochromatic study of shadow and leaf.

Economic life in Southside remains tethered to the timber and modest agriculture that have sustained the region for generations, reflecting a patient, deliberate pace of work. Neighbors often look toward the Greers Ferry Recreation Area for leisure, finding a reprieve in the managed woods that contrast with the wilder, unkempt thickets nearby. While the waters of B B Ranch Lake provide a quiet mirror for the changing seasons, the local character is shaped by a history of hard-won independence and a reliance on the land’s own stubborn resilience. Daily routines are governed by the rising and setting of the sun rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, leaving Southside to persist as a place where the primary commerce is the steady, slow labor of maintenance and growth.

About This Southside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Southside, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.720183, -91.630162. 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 Southside includes the ZIP code (72039, 72501), telephone area code (870, 501), county seat of Van Buren County (Clinton), and school district assignment (Southside 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.