Arcola has no famous person on record yet
The longest list of any town in Missouri belongs to St. Joseph, with 57. After St. Joseph, the next longest list in Missouri is Columbia’s, with 51. Across Missouri, 385 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Arcola), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Arcola has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arcola and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.