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After the Civil War, Arcadia revived and maintained its separate identity, due to the picturesque landscape, which led many wealthy urban dwellers to use it and Ironton for summer residences, and to the opening of Arcadia College in 1877, operated by the Sisters of the Order of St. Ursula as an academy for young women. The school closed in 1971 (though Ursuline nuns remained until 1985), but is today a restaurant and bed-and-breakfast, and the tourism generated by it and the Arcadia Valley still contribute to a strong community life.
After the Civil War, Arcadia revived and maintained its separate identity, due to the picturesque landscape, which led many wealthy urban dwellers to use it and Ironton for summer residences, and to the opening of Arcadia College in 1877, operated by the Sisters of the Order of St. Ursula as an academy for young women. The school closed in 1971 (though Ursuline nuns remained until 1985), but is today a restaurant and bed-and-breakfast, and the tourism generated by it and the Arcadia Valley still contribute to a strong community life.
==Geography==
Arcadia is located at the intersection of Missouri State Highways 21 and 72 in northeastern Iron County, directly south of Ironton and about two miles southeast of [[Pilot Knob, Missouri|Pilot Knob]]. Its exact coordinates are 37°35’17”N 90°37’44”W.
The city sits within the Arcadia Valley for which it is named, with Stouts Creek, a tributary of the St. Francis River, forming part of the boundary between it and Ironton. Several hills of 1,200 feet or higher rise just to the north and south of Arcadia, and Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest peak in Missouri, is just a few miles to the southwest. The city has a total area of 0.84 square miles, and an average elevation of 909 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
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