Arcade

History

Arcade was chartered in 1909. Early plans to erect an arcade-style schoolhouse accounts for the name.

Geography

Arcade is located in southern Jackson County at (34.076951, -83.551147). It is bordered to the north by Jefferson, the county seat. U.S. Route 129 passes through the southern side of the city, leading northwest to Interstate 85 in the northern outskirts of Jefferson, and southeast to Athens. Georgia State Route 82 leads south from Arcade to Winder. According to the United States Census Bureau, Arcade has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.90%, are water. Arcade does not have its own ZIP code, but instead uses neighboring Jefferson's code of 30549.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,346
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  10,672
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,036
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  9,600
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,980
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,966
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,441
• Eastern Phoebe

  Sayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  6,766

Most recent

• M 2.54 — 2022-09-12
  13 km NE of Jackson, Georgia
• M 2.6 — 2015-11-16
  13 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
• M 2.51 — 2015-05-18
  0 km NNW of Crawfordville, Georgia
• M 2.5 — 2006-09-05
  11 km ENE of Woodville, Georgia
• M 3.5 — 2003-03-18
  11 km S of Rayle, Georgia