Arno, Missouri

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}

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| coordinates_footnotes = Ava, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982

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| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Douglas County

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| elevation_m = 330

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Arno is an unincorporated community in western Douglas County, Missouri, United States. Arno is located just east of the confluence of Beaver and Cowskin creeks, approximately five miles west of Ava.

History

Arno was founded in about 1857 in Taney County and the area became part of Douglas County in 1864. Arno was temporarily the county seat of Douglas County in 1869 replacing Vera Cruz. In 1870 Ava became the county seat. Arno post office operated from 1857–63 in Taney County and 1867–1933 in Douglas County.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA11 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=11 |isbn= 0-8262-1021-X }}[http://www.wrvhs.org/taney/detail_wrvhs_taneypostoffices.php White River ValleyHistorical Society, Taney County Post Offices] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231814/http://www.wrvhs.org/taney/detail_wrvhs_taneypostoffices.php |date=July 14, 2014 }}

In 1925, Arno had 31 inhabitants.{{cite book | author=Rand McNally and Company | title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions | publisher=Rand McNally & Company | year=1925 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA259 | access-date=2023-02-19 | page=259}}

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