Editing Arcadia, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Arcadia was established soon after the [[Land Rush of 1889]] and drew both white and African American cotton farmers, who named the land after the Greek town of Arcadia. A post office was established in 1890. The [[Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad]] constructed a line in 1902-3 from Bartlesville to Oklahoma City, passing immediately south of Arcadia.<ref name="EOHC-Arcadia">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AR005 Everett, Diana. "Arcadia."  ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Retrieved September 17, 2009.</ref>

The town thrived as an agricultural community in the early 20th century. Located near the [[Deep Fork River]], the soil was well suited to producing cotton. The local newspaper, the ''Arcadia Star'', claimed Arcadia had a population of 800 in 1904. However, the U.S. census of 1900 counted only 706 in Deep Fork Township, which included Arcadia. The census at statehood in 1907 registered 994 persons in Arcadia.<ref name="EOHC-Arcadia"/>

In June 1924, fire destroyed most of the business district. One building, Tulon's Drugstore, survived and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="EOHC-Arcadia"/>

Voters resisted incorporation attempts in the 1930s and again in 1980. Sentiment changed after [[Edmond, Oklahoma]] attempted to annex the community in 1984-85, and Arcadia finally incorporated in 1987.