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Welcome to Otterdale ...

Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Otterdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.

Otterdale is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Otterdale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Otterdale: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Otterdale ...

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

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

Websites for Otterdale ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chesterfieldchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Otterdale, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Otterdale ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Otterdale ...

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

Adding Otterdale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Otterdale post office opened in 1841. The Otterdale post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Otterdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Chesterfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Otterdale - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Otterdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Otterdale 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/