Back أركاديا (لويزيانا) Arabic آرکادیا، لوئیزیانا AZB Arcadia (Louisiana) Catalan Аркади (Луизиана) CE Arcadia (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Louisiana) CEB Arcadia, Louisiana Welsh Arcadia (Louisiana) German Arcadia (Luisiana) Spanish Arcadia (Louisiana) Basque آرکادیا، لوئیزیانا Persian
Arcadia, Louisiana | |
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Town | |
| Town of Arcadia | |
 Downtown Arcadia, Louisiana | |
 Location of Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. | |
.svg) Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′07″N 92°55′27″W / 32.55194°N 92.92417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Bienville Parish |
| Incorporated | 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | O'Landis "Bubba" Millican (D) (winner of special runoff election on December 8, 2018, to succeed Eugene Smith (D), who died in office in 2018)[1][2] |
| • Chief of Police | Ciera Murphy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.67 sq mi (9.51 km2) |
| • Land | 3.65 sq mi (9.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,746 |
| • Rank | BV: 1st |
| • Density | 753.36/sq mi (290.84/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 71001 |
| Area code | 318 |
| FIPS code | 22-02655 |
| Website | www |
Arcadia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2010 census.[4] Arcadia has the highest elevation of any incorporated municipality in Louisiana. Arcadia's name commemorates the Ancient Greek region of Arcadia.[5]
- ^ Eugene Smith, the mayor of Arcadia from 2003 until his death in 2018, was listed among the state and local officials who endorsed the reelection in 2014 of Democrat U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, who ultimately lost to Republican Bill Cassidy.
- ^ "Landrieu's GOP Endorsements Pale in Comparison To 2008 Election". thehayride.com. September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Arcadia town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.