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Welcome to Ogeechee ...

Ogeechee is located in Ottawa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ogeechee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

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

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

Area Codes for Ogeechee: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Ogeechee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ogeechee - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Ogeechee ...

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

  • Miami
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Miami is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <4>
  • Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Grove is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <4>
  • Baxter Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Commerce
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Seneca
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Seneca is located in Newton County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,394 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <4>
  • Afton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Quapaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Loma Linda
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
  • Welch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bernice
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ogeechee ...

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

Adding Ogeechee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ogeechee post office opened in 1895. The Ogeechee post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ogeechee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Ottawa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ogeechee - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Ogeechee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Ogeechee 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/