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Welcome to Ocoya ...

Ocoya is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocoya, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Ocoya is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ocoya: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Ocoya ...

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

  • Pontiac
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pontiac is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <4>
  • Fairbury
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • El Paso
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lexington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Minonk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Chenoa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gridley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Forrest
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Flanagan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocoya ...

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

Adding Ocoya to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ocoya post office opened in 1860. The Ocoya post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocoya.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocoya - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Ocoya area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Ocoya 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/