Arcadia, Santa Fe, Texas
{{Short description|Unincorporated area in Galveston County, Texas, U.S.}}
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Arcadia was an unincorporated area in Galveston County, Texas, United States, which is now a neighborhood of the city of Santa Fe.{{cite gnis|1329656|Arcadia, Santa Fe, Texas}} It sits at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m).
History
Arcadia was established around 1889 near Hall's Bayou on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. It was named after Arcadia, Louisiana. Henry Runge plated the town in 1890 as Hall's Station on Stephen F. Austin's fourth land grant.{{cite web |author=Leigh Gard |title=Arcadia, TX (Galveston County) |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hla24}} The Coaque people were native to the area, which was later explored by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. The town became a part of Santa Fe, Texas, in the 1980s.
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External links
- {{Handbook of Texas|id=hla24|name=Arcadia, Texas (Galveston County)}}
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Category:Neighborhoods in Texas
Category:Populated places in Galveston County, Texas
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