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Welcome to Arena ...

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

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

Arena would have been located within present day Paulding County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Arena is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Arena was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Arena was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities Also Named Arena ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Arena - they are located in California, Colorado (2), New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Arena ...

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

  • Defiance
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Wert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hicksville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Antwerp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Monroeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grabill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Grabill is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grabill <5>
  • Payne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Payne is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <5>
  • Continental
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Convoy
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Arena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arena.

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

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

Adding Arena to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arena post office opened in 1892. The Arena post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arena.

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 Arena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arena - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Arena area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Arena 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/