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Welcome to Ocobla ...

Ocobla is located in Neshoba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocobla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Ocobla is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ocobla: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Ocobla ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocobla ...

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

Adding Ocobla to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ocobla post office opened in 1886. The Ocobla post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocobla.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Neshoba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ocobla - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Ocobla area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Ocobla 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/