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Welcome to Otter Creek ...

Otter Creek is located in Oliver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Otter Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for Otter Creek: Otter Crk. (or less commonly used: Otter Ck. or Otter Cr.)

Otter Creek is 2,090 feet [637 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Otter Creek (for example, toward Taylor), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Otter Creek: 701

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 Carolina, 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.

  • Beulah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • New Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Center
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bluegrass ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bluegrass is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegrass
  • Hannover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hannover is located in Oliver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannover
  • Sims
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sims is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Glen Ullin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Knife River Village
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knife River Village is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River Village

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Otter Creek ...

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

Adding Otter Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Otter Creek post office opened in 1905. The Otter Creek post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Otter Creek.

Footnotes ...

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