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Welcome to Arpee ...

Arpee is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arpee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Arpee is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arpee: 309 & 861<3>

Communities near Arpee ...

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

  • Muscatine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Muscatine is located in Muscatine County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muscatine <4>
  • Aledo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wapello
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Wapello is located in Louisa County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
  • Mediapolis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oquawka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fruitland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruitland is located in Muscatine County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Viola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Morning Sun
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Matherville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Keithsburg
    (5 miles [8 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 Arpee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arpee.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arpee ...

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

Adding Arpee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arpee post office opened in 1894. The Arpee post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arpee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arpee - 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 309 code has been Overlayed with the 861 area code. New phone numbers in the Arpee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 309 or 861. As a result, placing a call in the Arpee 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/