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History · Ossipee

22% of Ossipee’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ossipee’s past

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

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The story so far

Ossipee, in brief

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

Ossipee is an incorporated town in northwestern Alamance County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Ossipee is one of the newer municipalities in the state, as it was incorporated officially on December 9, 2002. It was part of the Altamahaw-Ossipee census-designated place until its incorporation. The town had a 2020 population of 536. The town belongs to the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 543 in 2010, 536 in 2020.

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

By decade

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On the map

Ossipee on the map, 1970 to 1984

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

Ossipee on the 1970 USGS mapOssipee on the 1984 USGS map1970Ossipee 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 Ossipee.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ossipee

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

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John IsnerAmerican tennis player · b. 1985
Loretta LynchAmerican attorney · b. 1959
Bob McAdooAmerican basketball player · b. 1951
Gianluca BusioAmerican footballer · b. 2002
Thomas Hart BentonState Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. … · b. 1782
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Emma TillmanSupercentenarian, oldest person in the world · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Altamahaw1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.