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By the turn of the 20th century, Arcadia had a population nearing 500 and an economy that was coming to be based on entertainment, sporting, hospitality, and gambling opportunities, the latter including an early version of the Santa Anita race track. [9] Baldwin oversaw the incorporation of Arcadia into a city in 1903, and was its first mayor.
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 .
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).
Arcadia — a city in the San Gabriel Valley, eastern Los Angeles County, California. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. P.
The city is today the capital of the regional unit Arcadia (residents, city alone, ca. 30 000, district with hinterland ca. 47500, 2011 Greek census). At its west the city borders the thickly wooded mountain-area “Mainalo”. The Tripoli Basin has gradually been rainwater regulated (mainly after 1945) and turned into farmland.
There is a long and stubborn tradition in scholarship for believing that Arkadia was a backward region not settled kata poleis, but principally kata komas (towns,villages) with a few larger poleis interspersed.
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.
Arcadia is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Trempealeau River. The population was 3,737 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] Arcadia is a Latino -majority city [ 4 ] and the largest city in Trempealeau county.