Arcadia is a small farming town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County. They lie north of his best friend/triplet Cicero and south of his other friend/triplet Atlanta. The three of them cooperate very closely and share resources, as triplets often do. All three of them are within the same township, and they’re all part of Hamilton Heights School District.
There’s nothing really special about Arcadia, even though they do have a recorded history.
It started when these two settler families, Shaffer and Waltz, had these neighboring plots of land in 1836. The families donated the land plots when the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad company (P&I) wanted to build a railroad through the area around 1850. Like several other Indiana towns, this is where Arcadia has its roots: the railroad. Arcadia was originally gonna be named Shaltz, a portmanteau of Shaffer and Waltz, but the judge in charge of naming things named it Arcadia, after the ancient region in Greece. I am not sure of the reason behind the name.
In 1977 they annexed Gray Fox Run and Red Fox Run, which are located in the northeast part of town. Throughout 2023, Arcadia expanded southwestward in three different intervals. The total area acquired is about a 30% increase in Arcadia’s landmass.
Arcadia is the location of the Hamilton Heights School Corporation, and thus he has a lot of school spirit. He dresses in a school-colored coach jacket that has the Husky on it. He also wears a farmers' hat because he's kind of a hick. He has little aspiration for growth and prefers to piggyback off of Cicero and Noblesville for amenities.
As stated before, Arcadia has its roots in the rail system. Although nowhere near as interested in trains as his younger brother Atlanta, the railroad is still the heart of Arcadia. Arcadia has one ethnic restaurant, the El 5 de Mayo Mexican restaurant on West Main Street. Heck, it’s literally the only restaurant in the entire town, but that’s probably cultural diversity by rural Indiana standards.
