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Welcome to Arbo ...

Arbo is located in Covington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arbo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Arbo is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arbo: 601 & 769<3>

Websites for Arbo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.covingtonchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Arbo, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Arbo ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arbo ...

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

Adding Arbo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arbo post office opened in 1905. The Arbo post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arbo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Covington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arbo - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Arbo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Arbo 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/