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Welcome to Arapahoe ...

Arapahoe is located in Fremont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arapahoe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Arapahoe is 5,000 feet [1,524 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Arapahoe is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Arapahoe lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Arapahoe: 307

Communities Also Named Arapahoe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Arapahoe - they are located in Colorado (4), Kansas (2), Nebraska and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Arapahoe ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arapahoe ...

Looking for more information about Arapahoe? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Arapahoe, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Arapahoe.

Adding Arapahoe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arapahoe post office opened in 1906.

We also found Arapahoe on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arapahoe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Fremont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arapahoe - 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>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/