Welcome to Ottobine ...

Ottobine is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ottobine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

Ottobine is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ottobine: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Ottobine ...

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

• Harrisonburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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  • Harrisonburg is located in Harrisonburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,204 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisonburg <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harrisonburg
  • From Ottobine to Harrisonburg
• Staunton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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  • Staunton is located in Staunton City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,190 people
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  • From Ottobine to Staunton
• Bridgewater
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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  • Bridgewater is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
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  • From Ottobine to Bridgewater
• Broadway
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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  • Broadway is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,995 people
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  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Ottobine to Broadway
• Grottoes
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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  • Grottoes is located in Augusta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,864 people
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  • From Ottobine to Grottoes
• Dayton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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  • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
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  • From Ottobine to Dayton
• Mount Crawford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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  • Mount Crawford is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
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  • From Ottobine to Mount Crawford
• Coakley Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coakley Town have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
  • Coakley Town is located in Rockingham County
• Hinton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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  • Hinton is located in Rockingham County
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  • From your current location to Hinton
  • From Ottobine to Hinton
• Mount Solon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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  • Mount Solon is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Solon <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mount Solon
  • From Ottobine to Mount Solon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ottobine ...

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

Adding Ottobine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ottobine 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 for Ottobine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Ottobine post office opened in 1839.

We also found Ottobine in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ottobine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ottobine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/