Otter, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Otter, Ohio
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Ohio
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name2:Union
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1014
Coordinates:40.2758°N -83.4192°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:43040
Area Code:937, 326
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1049046

Otter is an unincorporated community in Paris Township, Union County, Ohio, United States. It is located at 40.2758°N -83.4192°W, just northwest of Marysville, on the banks of Otter Run, at the intersection of Dog Leg Road and Westlake-Lee Road.[1]

Before 1900, there was a railroad station located here on the Western Division of the Toledo and Ohio Central Railway, but never a post office.[2] The railroad station was discontinued on May 26, 1954.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, 2006, p. 78.
  2. "A B C Pathfinder Shipping and Mailing Guide". New England Railway Publishing Company. 1899. Pg. 531.
  3. "Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1954". Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The Commission. 1954. Pg. 208