Welcome to Ottawa ...Ottawa is located in Clarke County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ottawa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. When the people of Ottawa refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Ottawan<2> Ottawa is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Ottawa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Ottawa: 641 Communities Also Named Ottawa ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Ottawa: This one is located in Clarke County and the other is located in Polk County. Beyond Iowa, there are 17 communities that are also named Ottawa - they are located in Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan (2), Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ottawa. Communities near Ottawa ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ottawa.
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 Ottawa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ottawa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ottawa. 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 Ottawa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ottawa. See our Newspapers Page for Ottawa. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ottawa ...Looking for more information about Ottawa? 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 Ottawa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ottawa. Adding Ottawa to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ottawa 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 Ottawa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ottawa. Footnotes ...
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