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Welcome to Arp ...

Arp is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arp, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Arp is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Arp: 731

Communities Also Named Arp ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Arp - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (3) and Texas.

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

Websites for Arp ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

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

Communities near Arp ...

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

  • Mengelwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Covington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Halls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bruceville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Luxora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
  • Henning
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arp ...

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

Adding Arp to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arp 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 Arp was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Arp post office opened in 1899. The Arp post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arp.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arp - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/