THE BRANCH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Arkansas Valley Plains setting.
Branch city has 3.12 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Arkansas Valley Plains, within Arkansas Valley.
The Arkansas Valley mixes forested ridges with broader valleys. Its terrain is less rugged than the Boston and Ouachita mountains that border it, but more varied than neighboring plains.
Regional context: Arkansas Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Branch and Franklin County
Branch is associated with Franklin County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Branch by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Branch, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.7 percentage points lower than the 1.8% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Branch city has 1.7 times the land area of nearby Ratcliff city (1.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

