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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.

  • Pocahontas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Imboden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imboden have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imboden
    • Imboden is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imboden <5>
  • Black Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Black Rock is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Rock <5>
  • Ravenden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenden have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden
    • Ravenden is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenden <5>
  • Maynard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Biggers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ravenden Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Williford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williford have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
    • Williford is located in Sharp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Hamil
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hamil. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamil
    • Hamil is located in Randolph County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hamil
    • From Oconee to Hamil

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 for Oconee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Oconee post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oconee.

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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