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Welcome to Otter ...So far, we found very little information about Otter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Otter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otter, please Contact Us. Otter would have been located within present day La Salle County<2>. The location of Otter has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Otter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. While the community is gone, the present day location for Otter is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Otter was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Otter would have been located in the (815) & (779)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Otter ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Otter - they are located in Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Ontario (2), Quebec and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Otter. Communities near Otter ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Otter.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Otter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Otter. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Otter. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otter. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Otter. See our Newspapers Page for Otter. Adding Otter to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Otter in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Otter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Otter in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Otter. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for La Salle County: www.lasallecounty.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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