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Welcome to Ocie ...

Ocie is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Ocie is located in Ozark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Ocie is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ocie: 417

Communities near Ocie ...

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

  • Bull Shoals
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Diamond City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lakeview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Taneyville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Taneyville is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Lead Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Theodosia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • South Lead Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • South Lead Hill is located in Boone County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Bradleyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradleyville is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
  • Sundown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sundown is located in Ozark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocie ...

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

Adding Ocie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ocie post office opened in 1908. The Ocie post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ozark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocie - 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/