Map of Arcola town, Mississippi

Arcola is a town in Washington County, Mississippi. The population was 304 at the 2020 census, down from 361 at the 2010 census.

Arcola town overview:
Name:	Arcola town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Mississippi
County:	Washington County
Elevation:	121 ft (37 m)
Total Area:	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²)
Land Area:	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	304
Population Density:	1,388.13/sq mi (535.04/km²)
ZIP code:	38722
Area code:	662
FIPS code:	2801820
GNISfeature ID:	0666352

Online Interactive Map

Arcola online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Arcola location map. Where is Arcola town?

Arcola location on the U.S. Map. Where is Arcola town. — Arcola location on the U.S. Map.

Arcola location on the Mississippi map. Where is Arcola town. — Location of Arcola in Mississippi.

History

According to linguist Keith Baca, the name Arcola may be derived from the Choctaw language meaning “jar”.

In the 1900s, Leroy Percy owned the Trail Lake Plantation, a Southern plantation near Arcola.

In his 2015 travel book entitled Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads, author Paul Theroux describes it as a “ghost town.”

Arcola Road Map

Arcola city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km), all land.