Welcome to Otis Chalk ...So far, we found very little information about Otis Chalk. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Otis Chalk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otis Chalk, please Contact Us. Otis Chalk was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Otis Chalk would have been located within present day Howard County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Otis Chalk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1939. While the community is gone, the present day location for Otis Chalk is 2,420 feet [738 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Otis Chalk is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Otis Chalk was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Otis Chalk was located: 432 Communities near Otis Chalk ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Otis Chalk.
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 Otis Chalk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Otis Chalk. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Otis Chalk. 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 Otis Chalk. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Otis Chalk. See our Newspapers Page for Otis Chalk. Adding Otis Chalk to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Otis Chalk 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 Otis Chalk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Otis Chalk. Footnotes ...
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