Black Rock, AR

Black Rock is a small city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, set along the Black River at the eastern edge of the Ozarks. It had fewer than six hundred residents at the 2020 census, but its river setting gives it a clear sense of place. Public school students are served through the Lawrence County School District, including schools in Walnut Ridge. Black Rock is small and practical, with local life shaped by the river, Ozark foothills, county roads, and nearby northeast Arkansas towns.