Ocie, Missouri Explained

Ocie, Missouri
Native Name Lang:EN
Settlement Type:Community
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Ocie, Missouri
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Ocie, Missouri
Coordinates:36.5592°N -92.7592°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1] [2]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:U. S. A.
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ozark County
Elevation M:227
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5

Ocie is an unincorporated community in southwestern Ozark County, Missouri, United States, from the Taney County line. It is located south of U.S. Highway 160, west-southwest of Theodosia. The townsite is in a valley north of the Lick Creek arm of Bull Shoals Lake.[2]

A post office was founded in 1907 and was named for resident Ocie Conklin.[3] The post office closed in 1967.[4] Its mail now comes from Theodosia.

Notes and References

  1. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:751407,Ocie Geographic Names Information System GNIS
  2. Protem, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004
  3. https://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/ozarkpl.html Moser, Arthur Paul, A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Ozark County, Missouri,
  4. http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/data/County/Ozark.htm Ozark County Post offices