Ozark, Missouri

Ozark, incorporated in 1890, is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 17,820 at the 2010 census. 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

Ozark was named from the Ozark Mountains, in which it is located.[1]

References
  1. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 275.
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