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Ovid’s post office opened in 1907, and 67% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Ovid began

When was Ovid founded?

1907

The Ovid post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 271119 years
Founding year: the first Ovid post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ovid’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 Ovid are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ovid’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ovid’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ovid, in brief

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

Ovid is a statutory town in Sedgwick County, Colorado, United States. The population was 271 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 318 to 271 (-15%).

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

By decade

Ovid, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Ovid

Nobody well known was born in Ovid itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dan ChaonAmerican writer · b. 1964
Fred DuttonRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1923
Greg BrophyAmerican politician · b. 1966
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Ken RamosAmerican baseball player · b. 1967
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Bill BrundigeAmerican football player · b. 1948
L. Steven GraszUnited States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circ… · b. 1961

Questions about Ovid’s history

What year was Ovid founded?

The Ovid post office opened in 1907, 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 Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.