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Welcome to Ojai ...

Ojai is located in Ventura County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ojai, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

The was incorporated August 5, 1921.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Ojai has a population of 7,601 people<2> (see below for details).

Ojai is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Ojai lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ojai: 805 & 820<4>

The ZIP codes for Ojai: 93023-93024<5>

Going back to its beginning, Ojai was originally named Nordhoff. For more information about the names of Ojai, see The Names of Ojai on our Genealogy Page.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Ojai had an population of 7,601 people. This is an increase of 1.88% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.32% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Ojai had a population of 7,461 people. This makes Ojai the county's 10th most populous community.

The population of Ojai represents 0.02% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 394th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,461 people, the population of Ojai decreased 5.1% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,862 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Ojai.

Websites for Ojai ...

Official Website:   www.ci.ojai.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.the-ojai.org/

Communities near Ojai ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ojai.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ojai. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ojai.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ojai. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ojai.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ojai. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Ojai.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ojai ...

Looking for more information about Ojai? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ojai, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ojai.

Adding Ojai to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ojai in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ojai was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Ojai post office opened in 1917.

We also found Ojai mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ojai.

The official website for Ojai: www.ci.ojai.ca.us/

The official website for Ventura County: www.countyofventura.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Ventura, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Ojai.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ojai - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Ojai area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Ojai area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Ojai). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Ojai or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Ojai includes: 93023 & 93024.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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