Welcome to Ovid ...So far, we found very little information about Ovid. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ovid to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ovid, please Contact Us. Ovid would have been located within present day Ray County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ovid, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ovid is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ovid was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Ovid ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Ovid: This one is located in Ray County and the other is located in Bates County. Beyond Missouri, there are 9 communities that are also named Ovid - they are located in Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ovid. Communities near Ovid ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ovid.
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 Ovid. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ovid. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ovid. 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 Ovid. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ovid. See our Newspapers Page for Ovid. Adding Ovid to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ovid in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ovid was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ovid. Footnotes ...
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