Swifton Arkansas Map

About Swifton, Arkansas

Swifton is a locality in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 733. The population density is 515.5 people per km². Swifton is located at 35.8217°N, 91.1285°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Swifton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72471.

Swifton occupies a flat expanse of the Arkansas landscape where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 23.8 miles west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 267°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north-northeast of Newport. The soil here is dark and fertile, a silent witness to the seasonal shifts that transform fields of row crops into a textured patchwork of green and gold. To the west, the distant silhouette of Jimmy Ridge provides a jagged contrast to the otherwise leveled terrain, while the slow, deliberate current of Cattail Creek marks the nearby earth with a ribbon of moisture. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light softens against the timberlines, casting elongated shadows that give the land a sense of profound, settled permanence.

Swifton grew from the steady labor of those who recognized the potential in the surrounding black earth, establishing an economy rooted deeply in the cycles of agriculture. The proximity of Shirey Bay Rainey Brake offers a sanctuary of dense, swampy woodland that remains largely untouched by the hum of modern machinery, providing a sharp contrast to the orderly, productive fields that define the immediate area. Beyond the seasonal harvest, life moves with a predictable, steady cadence, occasionally punctuated by the stillness of Parsley Reservoir where the water mirrors the shifting cloud formations. It is a place defined by the patience of its people and the quiet endurance of a landscape that asks for nothing more than the diligent tending of the soil.

About This Swifton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Swifton, Arkansas. Coordinates: 35.821742, -91.128458. 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 Swifton includes the ZIP code (72471), telephone area code (501), county seat of Jackson County (Newport), and school district assignment (Jackson County 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.