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Welcome to Okete ...

Okete is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Okete, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Okete is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Okete ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Okete - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Okete.

Communities near Okete ...

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

  • Troy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Troy is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
  • Wright City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Moscow Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Elsberry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Winfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hardin is located in Calhoun County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <3>
  • Flint Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
  • Hawk Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Foristell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Eolia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Okete ...

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

Adding Okete to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Okete post office opened in 1887. The Okete post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Okete.

Footnotes ...

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