This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1753 Message Board Post: Am trying to find this old community (Ottomer) was in Douglas county and had post office from around 1889 to around 1910. Any info on exact location would be appreciated.

I have a little information regarding "Ottomer". Mike Flannigan, you're usually dead-on regarding the place names, but I think Douglas County gets to claim this one. I have two 1894 sectional maps that show Ottomer to be Clinton Township in extreme northeast Douglas County. Those maps make it appear that "Ottomer" was on the North Fork River less than 2 miles south of the county line (Sec. 7, Twp 27, R 11, it would appear). Also, my listing of Missouri post offices shows that an "Ottomer" post office existed in Douglas County for the period 1879-1909. One of the old Douglas County Historical Journals lists the postmasters/mistresses for each post office, but I don't have time to dig it out tonight. Try me next week as I'm about to leave for a family reunion trip. By the way, Clinton would have been one of those eastern townships that seceded from Douglas County for a period of time in the late 1800s and was attached to Texas County before being re-attached to Douglas County. The Ozark Uncle Kenneth Brown, Ph.d., CPA Emeritus (Retired) Professor, Springfield, MO Email1: ozarkuncle@sbcglobal.net Email2: kwb237f@smsu.edu -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of onthebigpond@centurytel.net Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:19 AM To: MODOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MODOUGLA] Ottomer, Douglas County, Mo. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1753 Message Board Post: Am trying to find this old community (Ottomer) was in Douglas county and had post office from around 1889 to around 1910. Any info on exact location would be appreciated. ==== MODOUGLA Mailing List ==== Don't forget about the Douglas County, MO Resource page http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MO/Douglas/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx