Development increased in 1872 when the train line of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway reached the village, which was incorporated in that year.

Arthur also led the communities in Wellington for every other war and victory bond campaign and surpassed all objectives that had been set.

By the end of the fourth campaign, Arthur had raised a total of $250,000, which was equal to 64% of the assessed value of the village's taxable property.

The monument was unveiled on August 6, 1923, by Mrs. David Brocklebank, whose son was killed at the end of World War I, before the largest crowd ever assembled in Arthur village.

After the unveiling, the Toronto Star described the cenotaph as "a war memorial whose design and beauty cannot be equalled as yet in the Province."

One unique feature of the cenotaph was that when it was being designed, a decision was made to build the monument with stones gathered from local farms.

Some of the men who enlisted from the Arthur area were British Home Children sent here from orphanages in the UK.

Between 1869 and 1948, over 118,000 orphaned and abandoned children up to the age of 16 were sent to Canada to work as farm hands and domestic servants.

Dave Smith, the current head coach of the RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team in the ECAC, was born in Arthur.

Smith was a part of the Fort Wayne Komets during the 1992-93 season, as they won the Turner Cup.

The Arthur Twisters is a program that is developed to teach children of all ages the fundamental skills of softball or baseball.

[16] The Arthur Aces is a lacrosse program for people of all ages to learn the fundamental skills to play the sport.