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Introduction ...

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

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

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Otto (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Otto. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Otto is historic, it would have been located within present day Fulton County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fulton County: Knox, Mason, McDonough, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Otto. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Otto:

  • Fulton County     (The home county of Otto)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Marbletown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
      • Marbletown is located in Fulton County
    • Summum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
      • Summum is located in Fulton County
    • Sepo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sepo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
      • Sepo is located in Fulton County
    • Lewistown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
      • Lewistown is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,096 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <3>
    • Ipava
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ipava have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipava
      • Ipava is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ipava <3>
    • Astoria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Astoria is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <3>
    • Vermont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Smithfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
      • Smithfield is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithfield <3>
    • Bryant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
      • Bryant is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryant <3>
    • Liverpool
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liverpool have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
      • Liverpool is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liverpool <3>
    • Table Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Table Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Grove
      • Table Grove is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Table Grove <3>
    • Cuba
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Cuba is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
    • Saint David
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint David have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint David
      • Saint David is located in Fulton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint David <3>
  • Brown County
    • Ripley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ripley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Ripley is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Chandlerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bluff Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sylvan ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Sylvan is located in Cass County
    • Newmansville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
      • Newmansville is located in Cass County
    • Beardstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Oak Grove is located in Cass County
    • Jules
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jules have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
      • Jules is located in Cass County
    • Virginia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
      • Virginia is located in Cass County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia <3>
    • Philadelphia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
      • Philadelphia is located in Cass County
    • Hagener
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagener have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
      • Hagener is located in Cass County
    • Old Princeton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Princeton
      • Old Princeton is located in Cass County
    • Arenzville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Ashland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Knox County
    • Saint Augustine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
      • Saint Augustine is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Augustine <3>
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Havana
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bath
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
      • Bath is located in Mason County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
    • Long Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
      • Long Branch is located in Mason County
    • Buzzville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzville
      • Buzzville is located in Mason County
    • Poplar City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar City
      • Poplar City is located in Mason County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar City <3>
    • Topeka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topeka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topeka
      • Topeka is located in Mason County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topeka <3>
    • White City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Mason County
    • Kilbourne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Goofy Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goofy Ridge
      • Goofy Ridge is located in Mason County
    • Easton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
      • Easton is located in Mason County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <3>
    • Forest City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Mason County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
    • Union
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Mason County
    • Teheran
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teheran
      • Teheran is located in Mason County
  • McDonough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Adair
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Philadelphia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
      • New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
    • Industry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bardolph
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bushnell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Doddsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
      • Doddsville is located in McDonough County
    • Prairie City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Prairie City is located in McDonough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
    • East Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • East Village is located in McDonough County
    • Macomb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macomb have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
      • Macomb is located in McDonough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macomb <3>
    • University Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in McDonough County
    • Lamone Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamone Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamone Village
      • Lamone Village is located in McDonough County
    • Good Hope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
      • Good Hope is located in McDonough County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Good Hope <3>
  • Menard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Oakford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
      • Greenview is located in Menard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenview <3>
    • Tallula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan County
  • Peoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Glasford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingston Mines
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston Mines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Mines
      • Kingston Mines is located in Peoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston Mines <3>
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Bluff City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
      • Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
    • Bader
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bader have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
      • Bader is located in Schuyler County
    • Browning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
      • Browning is located in Schuyler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Browning <3>
    • Frederick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rushville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Littleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
      • Littleton is located in Schuyler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littleton <3>
  • Tazewell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.
    • Radville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radville
      • Radville is located in Tazewell County
    • Parkland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
      • Parkland is located in Tazewell County
    • Talbott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbott
      • Talbott is located in Tazewell County
    • Winkel ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winkel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkel
      • Winkel is located in Tazewell County
    • Green Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Otto, see our County-by-County Page for Otto.

Newspapers Published in Otto ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Otto.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Otto, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Otto.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Otto:

Cemeteries Near Otto ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otto.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Otto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.

  • Otto Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otto Cemetery
  • Kearney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
  • Smith Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
  • Hart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hart Cemetery
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Cemetery
  • Foutch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foutch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foutch Cemetery
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
  • Howard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
  • Summum Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summum Cemetery
  • Waterford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waterford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waterford Cemetery
  • Summum Sixteen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summum Sixteen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summum Sixteen Cemetery
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Continue List   (412 more) ...
    • Danner Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danner Cemetery
    • Lacey Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lacey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lacey Cemetery
    • Montgomery Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montgomery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Otto in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Otto.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Otto, with the one closest to Otto listed first.

  • Summum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
    • Summum is located in Fulton County
  • Marbletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
    • Marbletown is located in Fulton County
  • Sepo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sepo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sepo
    • Sepo is located in Fulton County
  • Leesburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
    • Leesburg is located in Fulton County
  • Matanzas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matanzas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matanzas
    • Matanzas is located in Mason County
  • Havana
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lewistown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewistown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
    • Lewistown is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,096 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <3>
  • Ipava
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ipava have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipava
    • Ipava is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ipava <3>
  • Bluff City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
  • Bath
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Bath is located in Mason County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Astoria
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Astoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Astoria is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <3>
  • Kelsey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelsey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Kelsey is located in Mason County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bernadotte ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernadotte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
      • Bernadotte is located in Fulton County
    • Sheldons Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheldons Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldons Grove
      • Sheldons Grove is located in Schuyler County
    • Vermont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Otto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otto.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 Otto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2987, Longitude: -90.2071       In this case, the coordinates for Otto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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