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Do you know of Otter River ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Otter River. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Otter River.<1> Our sources for Otter River (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Otter River other than they indicate that Otter River would be found somewhere in Campbell County, Virginia. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1874 and closed in 1932. Communities Also Named Otter River ...We found one communities that share the name Otter River. Within Virginia, the name Otter River is unique. Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Otter River in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Otter River ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Otter River: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Otter River - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Otter River. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 51/59912 (Place Name: Otter River) County: Campbell (FIPS State/County: 51/031) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Otter River) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Campbell County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Campbell County. Footnotes ...
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