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Welcome to Otter View ...

So far, we found very little information about Otter View. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Otter View to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otter View, please Contact Us.


Otter View would have been located within present day Bedford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Otter View, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Otter View: Otter Vw.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Otter View is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Otter View was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Otter View ...

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

  • Bedford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Mount
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Altavista
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hurt
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <4>
  • Gretna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <4>
  • Davis Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Davis Mill is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Mill
  • Moneta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • North Shore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Shore is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
  • Huddleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hales Ford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford

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

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

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

Adding Otter View to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Otter View post office opened in 1878. The Otter View post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Otter View.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Otter View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Otter View - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/