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Welcome to Opportunity ...

Opportunity is located in Holt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Opportunity, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Opportunity is 1,920 feet [585 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Opportunity: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Opportunity ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Opportunity - they are located in Montana and Washington.

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

Communities near Opportunity ...

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

  • O'Neill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <4>
  • Lynch
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Page
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Inman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bristow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Emmet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Monowi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Monowi is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
  • Star
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Star is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • Knoxville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Knoxville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Redbird
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Redbird is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Opportunity ...

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

Adding Opportunity to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Opportunity post office opened in 1910. The Opportunity post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Opportunity.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Holt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Opportunity - 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 Opportunity area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Opportunity 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/