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Arcadia is a charter city governed by a five-member City Council, with each member serving a four-year term. The Council elects from its membership a Mayor to serve as its presiding officer for a one-year term. [39] Effective with the 2018 elections, Arcadia voters elect a City Council member by geographical district instead of at-large.
Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas , and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan .
The French claimed that the Kennebec River formed the border between Acadia and New England, seen here on a map of Maine. Explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano is credited for originating the designation Acadia on his 16th-century map, where he applied the ancient Greek name "Arcadia" to the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia. [5] "
Arcadia is a city and county seat of DeSoto County, Florida, United States. Arcadia's Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its population was 7,420 as of the 2020 census, down from 7,637 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Arcadia, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the science fiction show Doctor Who, Arcadia is the second city on The Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey; Arcadia is the name of a prize-winning play by Tom Stoppard (1993). The Greek and Latin name Arcadius (Arkadios) was derived from "Arcadia" (see the Emperor Arcadius, the grammarian Arcadius of Antioch, the patriarch Arkadios II).
The median age in the city was 42.2 years. 24.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 31.3% were from 45 to 64; and 14.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.
Arcadia, a 1982 game for the Vic 20 and ZX Spectrum platforms; Arcadia 2001, a gaming console; Arcadia (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional plane of existence in Dungeons & Dragons; Arcadia (The Longest Journey), a fantasy realm in The Longest Journey; Arcadia Bay, a fictional location in Life Is Strange; Arcadia, a human colony in Halo Wars
It was named for the region of Arcadia, in Greece. [5] The date of incorporation of Arcadia was 1881. According of the census carried out in the year before, Arcadia had 450 inhabitants. The original name of the town was "Tip Top", chosen for its location on the Missouri-Mississippi Divide and it being Iowa's topographically most elevated town ...