| Official Name: | Magnet Cove, Arkansas |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Arkansas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Magnet Cove |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arkansas |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hot Spring |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.47 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.11 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.47 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.11 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 476 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 692 |
| Population Density Km2: | 126.60 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 327.96 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 34.4492°N -92.8375°W |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 72104 |
| Area Code: | 501 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 05-43430 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2747298 |
Magnet Cove is a census-designated place (CDP)[2] and former town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States. It is located in the Ouachita Mountains southeast of Hot Springs, on Arkansas Highway 51 north of U.S. Highway 270. As of the 2020 census, the town of Magnet Cove had a population of 692.[3]
The boundaries of the former town, with a population of 5, represented only a very small portion of the overall Magnet Cove community.[4] The community suspended its incorporation in 2006.[5] As of 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized an area along Highway 51 extending from Harver Hills Road in the southeast to Gourdneck Valley Road in the northwest as the Magnet Cove Census Designated Place. The CDP occupies the topographic Magnet Cove, a broad valley along Stone Quarry Creek surrounded by hills, and includes the Magnet Cove High School and Elementary School, as well as Magnet Cove United Methodist Church.[6]
The Magnet Cove igneous complex lies to the west of the town. The area is known for its abundance of odd minerals, including magnetite usually in the form of lodestone,[7] as well as many other mineral species such as rutile, anatase, brookite, perovskite, and some rare-earth-bearing minerals.
| White alone (NH) | 361 | 640 | 87.83% | 92.49% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 5 | 0 | 1.22% | 0.00% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 0 | 0.24% | 0.00% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 33 | 47 | 8.03% | 6.79% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11 | 5 | 2.68% | 0.72% | |
| Total | 411 | 692 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
It is in the Magnet Cove School District.[10]