Arcola, Indiana

Arcola, Indiana
Arcola is located in Indiana
Arcola
Arcola
Arcola is located in the United States
Arcola
Arcola
Coordinates: 41°06′23″N 85°17′28″W / 41.10639°N 85.29111°W / 41.10639; -85.29111
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyAllen
TownshipLake
Elevation840 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
33
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46704
Area code260
FIPS code18-1990[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]

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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.