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Welcome to Arbala ...

Arbala is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Arbala is located in Hopkins County<1>.

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

Arbala is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arbala: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Arbala ...

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

  • Sulphur Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Quitman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Emory
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Tawakoni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
  • Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cumby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Como
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Como is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>
  • Lone Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Alba
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Yantis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arbala ...

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

Adding Arbala to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arbala 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 Arbala was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arbala.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arbala - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Arbala area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Arbala area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.