Hempstead County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.7353, -93.6684
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1594 km away
What time is it in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States
Watch the current local time in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States, running on the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Hempstead County, United States
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Hempstead County
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Hempstead County keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:27 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 06 min Night 12 h 54 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Hempstead County right now
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Hempstead County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71862 Washington — 2.2 km away
- 71801 Hope — 8.9 km away
- 71802 Hope — 10.4 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Arkansas
- Little Rock 202 591
- Fort Smith 88 194
- Fayetteville 82 830
- Springdale 77 859
- Jonesboro 73 907
- North Little Rock 66 504
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Dolph (historical) — 1.8 km
- Oakhaven — 4.5 km
- Washington — 4.5 km
- Crossroads — 5.8 km
- Powers — 9.3 km
- Academy (historical) — 9.4 km
Time and daylight in Hempstead County
Clocks in Hempstead County take America/Chicago as their zone, reading UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
At Hempstead County the sun clears the horizon at 7:27 AM and sinks again at 6:33 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 06 min.
Dolph (historical) and Oakhaven are neighbours of Hempstead County on the same clock.
There are 3 postal code zones in Hempstead County.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Hempstead County in?
- Hempstead County is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in Hempstead County affected by daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Hempstead County today?
- Today it sets at 6:33 PM.