Welcome to Okeelanta ...
So far, we found very little information about Okeelanta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Okeelanta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Okeelanta, please Contact Us.
Okeelanta would have been located within present day Palm Beach County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Okeelanta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Okeelanta is near sea level<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Okeelanta was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Okeelanta was located: 561 & 728<4>
Communities near Okeelanta ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Okeelanta.
- Belle Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clewiston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pahokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bean City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bean City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean City
- Bean City is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bean City
- From Okeelanta to Bean City
- Chosen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chosen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chosen
- Chosen is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chosen
- From Okeelanta to Chosen
- Torry Island ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ritta ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritta
- Ritta is located in Palm Beach County
- Ritta has also been known as:
- Ritta Island
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ritta
- From Okeelanta to Ritta
- Kraemer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kraemer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraemer
- Kraemer is located in Palm Beach County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kraemer
- From Okeelanta to Kraemer
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Okeelanta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Okeelanta.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Okeelanta. See our Newspapers Page for Okeelanta.
Adding Okeelanta to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Okeelanta 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 Okeelanta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Okeelanta post office opened in 1915.
We also found Okeelanta on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Okeelanta.
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 Okeelanta, 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 Palm Beach, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Okeelanta - 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 561 code has been Overlayed with the 728 area code. New phone numbers in the Okeelanta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 561 or 728. As a result, placing a call in the Okeelanta 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> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |