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

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. An annual Arcola tractor pull is held in the community.

History

The Arcola post office was established in 1858. The name of the community commemorates the Battle of Arcola.

Demographics

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

References

  1. ^ 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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