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Welcome to Nola ...

Nola is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Nola is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nola: 479

Communities Also Named Nola ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Nola - they are located in Georgia, Mississippi and Virginia.

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

Communities near Nola ...

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

  • Waldron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Magazine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Magazine is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
  • Oden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Oden is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <3>
  • Blue Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Bluffton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bluffton is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
  • Cardiff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cardiff is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
  • Waltreak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Waltreak is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltreak
  • Chula
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chula is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
  • Parks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Parks is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
  • Briggsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Briggsville is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nola ...

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

Adding Nola to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nola 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 Nola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Nola post office opened in 1907. The Nola post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nola.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/