Magness is a town in Independence County, Arkansas, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Magness has an area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), all land.

[3] The town is named after a family, or one of its members (probably Colonel Morgan Magness), who was prominent in Independence County before the Civil War.

Batesville, the county seat, is 12 miles (19 km) to the northwest via Highway 69.

About 14.3% of families and 22.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 32.7% of those 65 or over.