Pencil Bluff, Arkansas

About Pencil Bluff

Set in the western part of Arkansas, Pencil Bluff is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Pencil Bluff is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.53 square miles.

📰 Pencil Bluff News Today

• Pencil Bluff woman rocks the journalism world Arkansas Times · May 5
• Cattle heist in Pencil Bluff leaves ranchers concerned and authorities on high alert KATV · Sep 16
• Pencil Bluff Arkansas Native Ginny Monk Wins Pulitzer Prize for Towing Industry Reporting Arkansas Radio · May 6
• Pencil Bluff, AR Weather Conditions Weather Underground · Aug 17
• Wayne Hopper Obituary Nov 21, 2013 smithfamilycares.com · Nov 21

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Pencil Bluff Unique

• The only place in America named Pencil Bluff — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western Arkansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pencil Bluff

• Dragover Recreation Area reviews ★
• Fulton Branch Recreation Area reviews ★
• River Bluff Recreation Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Pencil Bluff

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