Whelen Springs Arkansas Map

About Whelen Springs, Arkansas

Whelen Springs is a locality in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 29.8 people per km². Whelen Springs is located at 33.8309°N, 93.1263°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71772.

Whelen Springs breathes a quiet persistence beneath the wide Arkansas sky. It lies 46.7 miles south of Hot Springs, AR (from Hot Springs, AR: bearing 185°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-south-east of Gurdon. The land here rises and falls in gentle swells, cloaked in a verdant tapestry of pine and oak, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed needles. Small clearings reveal homesteads and barns, their weathered wood echoing the patient passage of seasons. The terrain, not dramatic but subtly contoured, suggests a place where water, when it comes, runs clear and swift through shallow ravines, feeding the thirsty roots of ancient trees. Dusk here is a slow descent of color, the western horizon bleeding from pale gold to bruised lavender, casting long, inky shadows that stretch like sleeping giants across the fields. The history of Whelen Springs is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they have worked. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded crops, sustaining families and forming the backbone of the local economy, a quiet agriculture that persists against the pull of larger towns. The faint hum of machinery from distant fields at harvest time is a familiar sound, a lullaby of sustenance. The springs themselves, the namesake of this place, are a subtle blessing, providing a constant, cool murmur that has been a source of life and a quiet gathering point for as long as anyone can remember, a small, vital artery in the heart of Clark County.

About This Whelen Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whelen Springs, Arkansas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.830939, -93.126279. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Whelen Springs and Clark County.

Detailed location data for Whelen Springs includes the ZIP code (71743), telephone area code (870), county seat of Clark County (Arkadelphia), and school district assignment (Gurdon School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Whelen Springs is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.