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Welcome to Otter Village ...

Otter Village is located in Ripley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Otter Village, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Otter Village: Otter Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Otter Village is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Otter Village lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Otter Village: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Otter Village ...

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

  • Greensburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Batesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • North Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Versailles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Milan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dillsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Westport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Westport is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
  • Sunman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oldenburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moores Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Otter Village ...

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

Adding Otter Village to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Otter Village post office opened in 1838. The Otter Village post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Otter Village.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Otter Village - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Otter Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Otter Village 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/