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Welcome to Barren Hollow ...

Barren Hollow is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Barren Hollow is located in Searcy County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Barren Hollow: Barren Holw. (or less commonly used: Barren Hlw. or Barren Hllw.)

Barren Hollow is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barren Hollow lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Barren Hollow: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Barren Hollow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barren Hollow.

  • Marshall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fifty-Six
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Pindall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pindall is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
  • Big Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilbert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cozahome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cozahome is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
  • Rumley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rumley is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
  • Watts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Watts is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barren Hollow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barren Hollow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barren Hollow. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barren Hollow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barren Hollow. See our Newspapers Page for Barren Hollow.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barren Hollow ...

Looking for more information about Barren Hollow? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barren Hollow, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barren Hollow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Searcy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barren Hollow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Barren Hollow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Barren Hollow area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.