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Arapahoe was surveyed in July 1871 by the Arapahoe Town Company and settled in the Republican River valley, taking its name from the Arapaho tribe who had occupied the region. It briefly served as Furnas County's first, contested county seat before losing the designation to Beaver City. The town is home to the Furnas County Museum and hosts "Prairie Pioneer Days" every July.
Adjacent Counties
Furnas County borders Phelps County (northeast), Harlan County (east), Gosper County (north), Frontier County (northwest), and Red Willow County (west); Norton and Decatur Counties, Kansas, border to the south and southwest.
Nearby Towns
Holbrook (about 6 miles west via US-6/US-34) · Beaver City (Furnas County’s seat, about 16 miles southeast via US-283)