RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Florida >> Leon County >> OcklockoneeIndex...

Welcome to Ocklockonee ...

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

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

Ocklockonee would have been located within present day Leon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocklockonee, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ocklockonee is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Ocklockonee was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Ocklockonee (for example, toward Sneads), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Codes where Ocklockonee was located: 850 & 448<4>

Communities near Ocklockonee ...

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

  • Tallahassee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Cairo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cairo is located in Grady County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <5>
  • Quincy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Midway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Havana
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whigham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Attapulgus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Good Hope is located in Grady County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
  • Reno
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Reno is located in Grady County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
  • Climax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Climax is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax <5>

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

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

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

Adding Ocklockonee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ocklockonee in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ocklockonee was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocklockonee.

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 Ocklockonee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Leon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocklockonee - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Ocklockonee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Ocklockonee 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.