Welcome to Arnold ...

Arnold is located in Chippewa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arnold, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Arnold is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arnold: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Arnold ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Arnold - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California (3), Georgia (6), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Arnold ...

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

• Ladysmith
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Ladysmith is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
• Cornell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cornell is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
• Bruce
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bruce is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
• Estella
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Estella is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
• Gilman
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilman is located in Taylor County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
• Sheldon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheldon is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
• Lublin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Lublin is located in Taylor County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
• Tony
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Tony is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
• Conrath
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Conrath is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
• Glen Flora
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people

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

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

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

Adding Arnold to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arnold post office opened in 1905. The Arnold post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arnold.