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Welcome to Ottokee ...

Ottokee is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ottokee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Ottokee is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ottokee: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near Ottokee ...

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

  • Napoleon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wauseon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Whitehouse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Archbold
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Delta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Morenci
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morenci
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morenci <4>
  • West Unity
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Stryker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ottokee ...

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

Adding Ottokee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ottokee post office opened in 1852. The Ottokee post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ottokee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ottokee - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Ottokee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Ottokee 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/