Arcadia, Texas: A Historical Overview
Published: 1952
Updated: September 29, 2020
Arcadia is at the junction of Farm roads 138 and 1645, ten miles southwest of Center in western Shelby County. In 1903 it had two schools, one for White children that had sixty-eight pupils, and one for black children that had sixteen pupils. By 1938 the school district had been consolidated with a nearby common school district. In 1946 the community had a church, two stores, a gin, and a population estimated at twenty-five. From 1972 through 2000 the population was reported as twenty.
Bibliography:
John Clements, Flying the Colors: Texas, a Comprehensive Look at Texas Today, County by County (Dallas: Clements Research, 1984).
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Cecil Harper, Jr., “Arcadia, TX (Shelby County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 19, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/arcadia-tx-shelby-county.
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HNA38
- 1952
- September 29, 2020
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