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History · Ozan

Ozan’s post office opened in 1846, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1890.

1846first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Ozan began

When was Ozan founded?

1846

The Ozan post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 91 in 18902020 census: 50180 years
Founding year: the first Ozan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ozan’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ozan are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 155 in 1920; 50 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1846: 180 years of Ozan.
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Start Ozan’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ozan’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Ozan, census by census

01001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 155

Peaked at 155 in 1920; 50 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ozan’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Ozan, 1846 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Ozan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 155
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Ozan, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ozan yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ozan is a town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ozan had a population of 50. It is part of the Hope, Arkansas micropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1846. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 85 to 50 (-41%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Ozan on the map, 1951 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ozan. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ozan on the 1951 USGS mapOzan on the 1986 USGS map1951Washington sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ozan.

Questions about Ozan’s history

What year was Ozan founded?

The Ozan post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.