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Welcome to Ocheesee ...

Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocheesee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.

Ocheesee is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Ocheesee (for example, toward Bristol), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Ocheesee: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Ocheesee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocheesee ...

Looking for more information about Ocheesee? 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 Ocheesee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ocheesee.

Adding Ocheesee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ocheesee post office opened in 1831. The Ocheesee post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocheesee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocheesee - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Ocheesee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Ocheesee 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/