Rover is a community in Yell County, Arkansas, home to about 142 people across 3.5 square miles. Its ZIP code is 72860.
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| Nearest major airport | Tulsa International Airport (TUL)164 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Memorial Field Airport (HOT)37 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Tulsa, OK162 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX244 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Rover; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 488th largest of 615 towns in Arkansas by population.
Yell County grew from 22,750 residents in 1900 to 20,263 in 2020.
Yell County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 94°F in summer, and winter lows average 31°F. About 54.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 3 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Nimrod Dam, AR weather station (14 miles away).
4,950 jobs at 323 businesses in Yell County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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