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Welcome to Oconee ...

Oconee is located in Platte County<1>.

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

The origin (or the toponymy) of Oconee: Named after Oconee (Illinois).

Oconee is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oconee: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Oconee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Oconee - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Oconee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oconee ...

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

Adding Oconee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oconee 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 for Oconee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oconee post office opened in 1887.

We also found Oconee on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oconee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Platte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oconee - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Oconee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Oconee 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/