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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>.

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.<3> In other words, the elevation of Arabia is about ½ mile above sea level.

The Area Codes where Arabia was located: 402 & 531<4>

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.

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 (so far) for Arabia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Arabia post office opened in 1883. The Arabia post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arabia.

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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arabia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Arabia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Arabia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/