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Welcome to Oconee ...

So far, we found very little information about Oconee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oconee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oconee, please Contact Us.

Oconee would have been located within present day Randolph County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oconee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oconee is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Oconee was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Oconee was located: 870 & 327<4>

Communities Also Named Oconee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Oconee - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oconee.

Communities near Oconee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oconee.

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 Oconee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oconee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oconee. 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 Oconee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oconee. See our Newspapers Page for Oconee.

Adding Oconee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oconee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oconee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oconee post office opened in 1895. The Oconee post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oconee.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oconee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oconee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Oconee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Oconee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/