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Welcome to Arkadelphia ...

Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County<1>.

Arkadelphia was established in 1854.

Arkadelphia is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Arkadelphia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Arkadelphia: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Arkadelphia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Arkadelphia - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Arkadelphia.

Communities near Arkadelphia ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Arkadelphia.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Arkadelphia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arkadelphia.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arkadelphia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arkadelphia.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Arkadelphia. See our Newspapers Page for Arkadelphia.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arkadelphia ...

Looking for more information about Arkadelphia? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Arkadelphia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Arkadelphia.

Adding Arkadelphia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arkadelphia in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Arkadelphia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Arkadelphia post office opened in 1854. The Arkadelphia post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arkadelphia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cullman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arkadelphia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Arkadelphia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Arkadelphia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/