Arcola, Texas

Arcola, Texas
City
Mottoes: 
"Country life in the city"
Moving ahead in the 21st century"[1]
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Coordinates: 29°30′5″N 95°27′50″W / 29.50139°N 95.46389°W / 29.50139; -95.46389
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyFort Bend
Area
[2]
 • Total
2.61 sq mi (6.75 km2)
 • Land2.57 sq mi (6.66 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)
Elevation
66 ft (20 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
2,034
 • Density780/sq mi (300/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes713, 281, 832, 346
FIPS code48-03708[3]
GNIS feature ID1329659[4]
Websitewww.arcolatexas.org

Arcola is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 2,034 as of the 2020 census,[5] an increase over the figure of 1,642 tabulated by the 2010 census,[6] which represented, in turn, an increase over the 2000 figure of 1,048.

Arcola incorporated in 1986.[7]

  1. ^ City of Arcola official website
  2. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Decennial Census 2020 - Acrola City, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Arcola city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved August 26, 2016.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ Mark Odintz: Arcola, Tx from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved December 23, 2008.