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Welcome to Ott ...

Ott is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Ott is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ott lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ott: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Ott ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ott - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Ott ...

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

  • Salem
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Viola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Briarcliff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Bakersfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bakersfield is located in Ozark County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Moody
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Moody is located in Howell County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
  • Gepp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gepp is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
  • Caulfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Elijah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Elijah is located in Ozark County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
  • Gamaliel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lebo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lebo is located in Howell County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ott ...

Looking for more information about Ott? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ott, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ott.

Adding Ott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ott 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 Ott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ott post office opened in 1912. The Ott post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ott.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ott - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Ott area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Ott area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/