Editing Arkoe, Missouri (section)

==Etymology==
The [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] in its [[Geographic Names Information System]] only lists two Arkoes in the United States (the other being in [[Pike County, Ohio]]).

One of the earliest uses of the name was in the 18th-century fantasy book  "The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins" by [[Robert Paltock]] which was published in 1751 which said an Arkoe is a "water surrounded with wood."  The story is about a sailor named Peter Wilkins who is shipwrecked on a mysterious island inhabited by flying people called "Glaws" who inhabit the Arkoes. The book is a mix of adventure, romance, and social commentary, and is considered to be an early example of science fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51968/51968-h/51968-h.htm|title=The Life and Adventures Peter Wilkins., by Robert Paltock|website=www.gutenberg.org}}</ref>

The book was adopted by humorist [[Gilbert Abbott à Beckett]] in 1846 into a London play entitled "Peter Wilkins : Or, the loadstone rock and the flying Indians" (although Arkoe is not mentioned in the play)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=chadwyck_evd/uvaGenText/tei/chevd_V3.0237.xml;chunk.id=d8;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d8;brand=default|title=Peter Wilkins : Or, the loadstone rock and the flying Indians :: :: University of Virginia Library|website=xtf.lib.virginia.edu}}</ref>

It was also adapted in 1923 in a book "Peter Wilkins: Or, Harlequin Harlokin and the Flying Islanders" by George Thorne."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9781146575263/Peter-Wilkins-Harlequin-Harlokin-Flying-1146575262/plp|title=9781146575263: Peter Wilkins: Or, Harlequin Harlokin and the Flying Islanders (Pantomime) by G. Thorne and F.G. Palmer - Thorne, George: 1146575262 - AbeBooks|website=www.abebooks.com}}</ref>

The exact reason the community was named Arkoe is not specifically known. Arkoe adjoins the  [[One Hundred and Two River]] and that is sometimes considered the reason for the name.

An 1882 history of Nodaway County incorrectly stated that the inspiration was mentioned in the [[Jules Verne]] novel [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myZEAQAAMAAJ&q=Arkoe | title=The History of Nodaway County, Missouri: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Nodaway County in the Late War...history of Missouri, Map of Nodaway County, Etc. Etc | year=1882 }}</ref>  However, the name is not mentioned in the book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/C2366/nodaway-county|title=Nodaway County &#124; The State Historical Society of Missouri|website=collections.shsmo.org}}</ref>