2020 Map of Potter

About this map

Ouachita National Forest blankets the southern and northern reaches of this Polk County terrain, where the mountain foothills meet the growing western edge of Mena. The landscape is a network of small family-named settlements and rural cemeteries that trace the genealogy of the region, including Potter, Potter Junction, and Rocky. Water plays a central role in the local geography, from the recreational waters of Lake Wilhelmina to the winding courses of Mountain Fork and McKinney Creek. The transition from the dense timberlands of Potter Mountain and Blowout Mountain to the residential streets of Mena's western neighborhoods reveals the balance between wilderness and civic growth. Genealogists will find several burial sites mapped, such as Oak Grove Cemetery and the more remote Gann Cemetery, reflecting generations of settlement in the Ouachita Mountains.