Arcola, Indiana

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Arcola, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Arcola
Coordinates: 41°06′23″N85°17′28″W / 41.10639°N 85.29111°W / 41.10639; -85.29111
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
County Allen
Township Lake
Elevation
[1]
260 m (840 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
33
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46704
Area code 260
FIPS code 18-1990 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830301 [1]

Arcola is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lake Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3] [1] The population of the community is 33. [4]

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Once a train station for farm products, in more recent years it has become a bedroom community of Fort Wayne. The community has a volunteer fire department and an elementary school in the building which once housed grades one through twelve, including Arcola High School. [5] An annual Arcola tractor pull is held in the community. [6]

History

The Arcola post office was established in 1858. [7] The name of the community commemorates the Battle of Arcola. [8]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Arcola as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arcola, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "State of Indiana Census Designated Places - Current/ACS22 - Data as of January 1, 2022". tigerweb.geo.census.gov.
  4. ↑ "People in Zip 46704 (Arcola, IN)". Bestplaces.net. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Northwest Allen County Schools". Archived from the original on August 8, 2005. Retrieved May 1, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Arcola National Truck & Tractor Pull - Annual truck and tractor pull in Arcola, IN".
  7. ↑ "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  53. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...a town in Italy where Napoleon won a victory over the Austrians in 1796.
  9. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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