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Welcome to Oteen ...

Oteen is located in Buncombe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oteen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Oteen is 2,110 feet [643 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Oteen: 828

Communities near Oteen ...

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

  • Asheville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hendersonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Fletcher
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Black Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mills River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Woodfin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Canton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Weaverville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Laurel Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Mars Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oteen ...

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

Adding Oteen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oteen post office opened in 1918. The Oteen post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oteen.

Footnotes ...

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