Welcome to Otter Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Otter Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Otter Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otter Creek, please Contact Us. Otter Creek would have been located within present day Rutherford County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Otter Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. A typical abbreviation for Otter Creek: Otter Crk. (or less commonly used: Otter Ck. or Otter Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Otter Creek is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Otter Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Otter Creek was located: 828 Communities Also Named Otter Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Otter Creek - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Dakota, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Otter Creek. Communities near Otter Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Otter Creek.
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 Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Otter Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Otter Creek. 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 Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Otter Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Otter Creek. Adding Otter Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Otter Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Otter Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Otter Creek. Footnotes ...
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