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History · Ozora

Ozora’s post office opened in 1900, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

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Quick answers

How Ozora began

When was Ozora founded?

1900

The Ozora post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Bremen (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 182126 years
Founding year: the first Ozora post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ozora’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 Ozora are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 2000. Watch Ozora change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ozora’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Ozora on the map, 1907 to 2000

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

Ozora on the 1907 USGS mapOzora on the 1980 USGS mapOzora on the 2000 USGS map1907Weingarten sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Ozora, in brief

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

Ozora is a census-designated place (CDP) in Beauvais Township, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. Ozora is located approximately eight miles (13 km) south of Sainte Genevieve.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 183 in 2010, 182 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Ozora, 1892 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Bremen post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Bremen post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Ozora post office opens
  6. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1914Post officeThe Ozora post office closes
By decade

Ozora, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Ozora

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

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E. C. SegarAmerican cartoonist · b. 1894
Augustus C. DodgeAmerican politician · b. 1812
Nora LaneActress · b. 1905
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Herbert AsburyAmerican journalist · b. 1889
Lewis V. BogyAmerican politician · b. 1813
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Robert Moore WilliamsAmerican writer · b. 1907
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Ozora had its own post office from 1900 to 1914. Another post office, Bremen, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bremen
1892–1894
Ozora
1900–1914
18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Ozora’s history

What year was Ozora founded?

The Ozora post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.