Welcome to Ocker ...Ocker is located Ocker is located in Bell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Ocker is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Ocker lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Ocker: 254 Junior League: www.jlbellco.org/ We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ocker. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ocker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ocker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ocker. 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 Ocker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ocker. See our Newspapers Page for Ocker. Looking for more information about Ocker? 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 Ocker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ocker. We originally found mention of Ocker in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ocker was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocker.
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