![]() ![]() 27.9% of residents were under the age of 18 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24 27.3% were from 25 to 44 23.3% were from 45 to 64 and 12.5% were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.07. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 612 households, of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.3% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.2% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population. The racial makeup of the town was 97.7% White, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. ![]() There were 683 housing units at an average density of 1,219.6 per square mile (470.9/km 2). The population density was 2,975.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,148.7/km 2). Demographics Historical population CensusĪs of the 2010 census, there were 1,666 people, 612 households, and 427 families living in the town. Īccording to the 2010 census, Arcadia has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km 2), all land. School terms lasted three months, financed by private subscriptions of $1.50 per pupil. Education Īs early as 1840, a school of hewed logs was built on wooded property donated by Moses Martz. In about 1890, the first creamery was established in Arcadia by Toll Driver. Wiles and John Burris, manufacturing an average of 200 lbs. In 1898, the Arcadia Cheese Factory was opened by E. The Baker Glass Company moved operations from Findley, Ohio in 1894, using gas donated by the town, and later the Flint House Glass Company set up a factory to manufacture lamp chimneys. Hollett, which supplied brick for miles up and down the Erie Railroad, using clay from nearby land. A brick plant was opened by George Walters and B. By 1880, eastern factories had used most of the timber they needed for fuel, and were moving west where coal was plentiful, but natural gas allowed them to fire kilns used in glass and brick manufacturing. ![]() In 1888, the Frankfort Oil and Gas Company drilled for natural gas and struck a vein which ran from Arcadia and to the southwest for some six miles, which caused a small boom in industry. By the 1880s the town included a wagon shop, a drug store, a butcher shop, a hardware store, and a number of dry goods and grocery stores, a furniture store, an undertaker, and two grain elevators. The town continued to attract new businesses through the end of the century. Immediately Arcadia enjoyed steady growth as a farming community, and attracted a wide variety of businesses, which in the early years included a cigar factory, a cabinet shop, a flour and sawmill, and a planing mill to manufacture building materials. Manufacturing and Industry īy 1852, the railroad was complete, which included a north and south road constructed by the railroad which ran from Indianapolis to Peru, Indiana. Early sidewalks were raised wooden platforms, later replaced by gravel and sawdust. The land was drained by two large open ditches, later spanned by crude log bridges. ![]() After the town was laid out, the woods were cleared and streets paved with gravel, and their upkeep was paid for by a toll of 10 cents for a horse and buggy and 12 cents for a horse and wagon. At this time, the site was heavily wooded, and described as "low" and marshy. According to tradition, the town was originally to be named "Shaltz", combining the names of the two men Shaffer and Waltz, but the official naming was left up to Judge Jeremiah Smith, who called it Arcadia, after the ancient region of Greece. By 1849 the town was laid out when the railroad had surveyed a route across the land owned by Shaffer and Waltz, and a year later in 1850, the two men donated the land on which the town was founded, which was plotted the next year by Isaac Martz. On January 18, 1846, the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad (P&I) was incorporated to construct and operate a line from Peru, Indiana, to Indianapolis to connect with the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (JMI). On December 12, 1836, John and Harriet Shaffer bought 160 acres of land adjacent to a plot owned by Daniel and Matilda Waltz, which was later to become the heart of downtown Arcadia. Settlers began to move into the area as early as 1833, when Hencil Bartholomew bought property near present day Arcadia, and other settlers quickly followed. The population was 1,666 at the 2010 census. Arcadia is a town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. ![]()
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