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Welcome to Arago ...

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

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

Arago would have been located within present day Richardson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arago, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Arago is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Arago was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Communities Also Named Arago ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Arago - they are located in Kansas, Minnesota and Oregon.

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

Communities near Arago ...

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

  • Falls City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
    • Falls City is located in Richardson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <6>
  • Rock Port
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mound City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Fairfax
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfax have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Fairfax is located in Atchison County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <6>
  • Forest City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Forest City is located in Holt County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <6>
  • Morrill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
    • Morrill is located in Brown County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Craig
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • White Cloud
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Verdon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Rulo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rulo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Rulo is located in Richardson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <6>

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

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

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

Adding Arago to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arago in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Arago was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Arago post office opened in 1862.

We also found Arago in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arago.

The official website for Richardson County: www.co.richardson.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://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 Arago, 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 Richardson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arago - 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 Arago area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Arago area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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