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Welcome to Ober ...

Ober is located in Starke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ober, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Ober is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Ober is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities near Ober ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ober ...

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

Adding Ober to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ober 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 Ober was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ober post office opened in 1883. The Ober post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ober.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Starke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ober - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/