Oconee, Nebraska

Oconee is an unincorporated community in Platte County, Nebraska, United States.

[1] Oconee was originally called Lost Creek, and under the latter name was platted in 1880.

[3] The village in Illinois was named after the daughter of a local Indian chieftain, whose name allegedly means—or sounds like—the Shawnee language word for bone.

[4] A post office was established at Oconee in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1916.

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