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Welcome to Arabia ...

So far, we found very little information about Arabia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Arabia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Arabia, please Contact Us.

Arabia would have been located within present day Cherry County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Arabia, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Arabia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Arabia is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Arabia is about ½ mile above sea level.

If Arabia still existed, it would have been in the (402) & (531)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Arabia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Arabia - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New York (2), North Carolina and Ohio.

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

Communities near Arabia ...

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

  • Valentine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wood Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Johnstown is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnstown <6>
  • Sparks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Norden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norden
    • Norden is located in Keya Paha County
  • Crookston
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Kennedy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Kennedy is located in Cherry County
  • Meadville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Meadville is located in Keya Paha County
  • Ainsworth
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Olsonville
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsonville
    • Olsonville is located in Todd County (SD)
    • Estimated population in 2014: 72 people

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

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

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

Adding Arabia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arabia 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 for Arabia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Arabia post office opened in 1883.

We also found Arabia on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arabia.

The official website for Cherry County: www.co.cherry.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Arabia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cherry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arabia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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