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Ogreeta, North Carolina

Ogreeta is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

History

Variant names are "Ogreta" and "Ogretta". A post office called Ogreeta was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1927. "Ogreeta" most likely is a name derived from an unidentified Native American language; the meaning is unknown. Joe Brown Highway through Ogreeta was paved in the early 1950s. Electricity arrived in Ogreeta in 1947; telephone service came in the mid-1960s. The earliest school in Ogreeta was a log structure which also served as the community's church.

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