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Welcome to Arkana ...

Arkana is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Arkana is located in Baxter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arkana, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Arkana is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arkana: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Arkana ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Arkana: This one is located in Baxter County and the other is located in Lafayette County.

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

Communities near Arkana ...

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

  • Mountain Home
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gassville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bull Shoals
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Calico Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Flippin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cotter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Briarcliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Pineville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fifty-Six
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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 Arkana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arkana.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arkana. 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 Arkana.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arkana ...

Looking for more information about Arkana? 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 Arkana, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Arkana.

Adding Arkana to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arkana 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 Arkana was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Arkana post office opened in 1895. The Arkana post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arkana.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arkana - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Arkana area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Arkana 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/