RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wyoming >> Carbon County >> ArlingtonIndex...

Welcome to Arlington ...

Arlington is located in Carbon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arlington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Arlington is 7,700 feet [2,347 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Arlington is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Arlington: 307

Communities Also Named Arlington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 62 communities that are also named Arlington - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, California (2), Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Arlington ...

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

  • Rock River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Elk Mountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Milo is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
  • Centennial
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Lookout ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lookout is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
  • Medicine Bow
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Rock Creek ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Creek is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Elmo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmo is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Bosler
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bosler is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
  • Hanna
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arlington ...

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

Adding Arlington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arlington post office opened in 1902. The Arlington post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arlington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Carbon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arlington - 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/