THE SHARP COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Plateau setting.
Sharp County has 604.6 square miles of land in Arkansas. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Sharp County: Central Plateau, White River Hills.
Wooded uplands over limestone, dolomite and sandstone characterize the Ozarks. Springs, caves and spring-fed streams are widespread regional features within a landscape of uneven plateaus and valleys.
Regional context: Ozark Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Sharp County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Plateau98.7%
- White River Hills1.3%
Finding your parcel within Sharp County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Sharp County, including Cherokee Village, Horseshoe Bend, Highland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Sharp County by land and water
The Census records 2.02 square miles of water within Sharp County, or 0.3% of its total area. That share is close to Sharp County’s 0.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sharp County has 69.2 times the land area of nearby Highland city (8.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Fulton County, Independence County, Izard County, Lawrence County, Randolph County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

