Arp is a city in Smith County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is ration of the Tyler metropolitan statistical area. According to the United States Census Bureau. The population was 892 in the 2020 census.

The area where the town of Arp now sits was occupied by Caddoan peoples in pre-Columbian periods and was a ration of the Treaty of Bowles Village in 1836 that settled Smith and Cherokee counties along considering parts of Rusk, Gregg and Van Zandt counties to the Texas Cherokee and twelve joined tribes. The Cherokee War of 1839 goaded the Native Americans out. However, the area was another time occupied by Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek Indians after 1845. The descendants of these people formed the Mount Tabor Indian Community and a number continue to reside in Smith and Rusk counties today.

The concurrence that would become Arp was called Bissa, from the Choctaw/Chickasaw word for blackberry, as upfront as the 1800s. It was higher called Jarvis Junction and subsequently Strawberry, after the fruit that was grown in the area. It was finally renamed “Arp” for Bill Arp (pen state of Charles Henry Smith), a Georgia humorist who was nationally known in the late 19th century. Supposedly, the three-letter broadcast was also fixed for its brevity, which allowed local strawberry producers to spend less era hand-marking their crates.

Arp is located at 32°13′33″N 95°3′19″W / 32.22583°N 95.05528°W / 32.22583; -95.05528 (32.225794, –95.055140).