Ozark, Missouri

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Ozark, incorporated in 1890, is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 21,284 at the 2020 census.[1] It is the county seat of Christian County. Ozark is part of the Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area, and is centered along a business loop of U.S. Route 65, where it crosses Missouri Route 14. It is south of Springfield, Missouri and north of Branson.

History[change | change source]

Ozark was named from the Ozark Mountains, in which it is located.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "QuickFacts: Ozark city, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 275.