Do you know of Otis ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Otis. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Otis.

We found mention of Otis as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Spokane County, Washington.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Otis ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Otis.

Within Washington, the name Otis is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Otis [Washington County].
- Florida
  - Duval County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Otis [Duval County].
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Otis [Hillsborough County].
- Indiana
  - LaPorte County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Otis [LaPorte County].
- Iowa
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Otis [Linn County].
- Kansas
  - Graham County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Otis [Graham County].
  - Rush County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Otis [Rush County].
- Louisiana
  - Rapides Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Otis [Rapides Parish].
- Maine
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Otis [Hancock County].
- Massachusetts
  - Berkshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Otis [Berkshire County].
- Missouri
  - New Madrid County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Otis [New Madrid County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Otis.
- New Mexico
  - Eddy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Otis [Eddy County].
- New York
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Otis [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
  - Yadkin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Otis [Yadkin County].
- Oregon
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Otis [Lincoln County].
- South Dakota
  - Custer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Otis [Custer County].
- Wisconsin
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Otis [Lincoln County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Otis ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Otis:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Otis - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Spokane County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Spokane County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Otis could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.