Ocoonita, Virginia

Ocoonita, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°44′00″N 83°8′15″W / 36.73333°N 83.13750°W / 36.73333; -83.13750Coordinates: 36°44′00″N 83°8′15″W / 36.73333°N 83.13750°W / 36.73333; -83.13750
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Lee
Elevation	1,676 ft (511 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1496041^[1]

Ocoonita is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.

History

A post office was established at Ocoonita in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1960.^[2] Legend has it Ocoonita was the name of a Native American princess.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ocoonita, Virginia
↑ "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
↑ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.

Municipalities and communities of Lee County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Jonesville

Towns	Jonesville Pennington Gap St. Charles

CDPs	Dryden Ewing Keokee Rose Hill

Unincorporated communities	Benedict-Leona Mines Ben Hur Blackwater Bonny Blue Boons Path Buckles Bundy Calvin Caylor Collier Mill Cowan Mill Darbyville Darnell Town Ely Fleenortown Gibson Station Goodloe Hagan Hubbard Springs Imperial Jasper Leona Mines Maness Mayflower Mohawk Monarch Ocoonita Olinger Penn Lee Pocket Rawhide Seminary Shepherd Hill Sigma Smiley Stickleyville Stone Creek Turners Siding Van Wheeler Woodway

Ghost town	Robbins

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