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Welcome to Little Otter ...

Little Otter is located in Braxton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Otter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Little Otter is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Little Otter: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Little Otter ...

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

  • Glenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sutton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Flatwoods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sand Fork
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
  • Lloydsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
  • Exchange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McNutt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • McNutt is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
  • Canfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Canfield is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Otter ...

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

Adding Little Otter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little Otter post office opened in 1860. The Little Otter post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Braxton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Otter - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Little Otter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Little Otter 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/