Ozona, Texas Ozona, Texas Crockett County Courthouse (c.
Crockett County Courthouse (c.
Location of Ozona, Texas Location of Ozona, Texas Crockett County Ozona.svg County Crockett First Baptist Church of Ozona on the town square First United Methodist Church of Ozona; pastor Jean Reardon (2014) Ozona is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) that serves as the governmental center of county of Crockett County, Texas, United States. The populace was 3,225 at the time of the 2010 census. Ozona is the only Enumeration Bureau recognized improve in Crockett County, which is titled for Colonel Davy Crockett, a hero of the Alamo. Ozona Stockman journal in Ozona Ozona is called the "Biggest Little Town in the World".
Located on Interstate 10 some 200 miles (320 km) west of San Antonio, non-urban Ozona is also 82 miles (132 km) southwest of San Angelo.
Crockett County is one of the nation's dominant producers of wool and mohair and is situated in the Edwards Plateau region at the edge of the Texas Hill Country.
The Davy Crockett Monument is a large statue in the City Park on the town square. Across from the monument is the Crockett County Museum.
In 1897, it was retitled "Ozona" for the high quantity of its open air, or "ozone". A flood in 1954 killed 16 citizens and finished about half of the homes in the town.
The three-story Crockett County Museum at 404 11th Street features a blacksmith shop, ranching artifacts, and a wool/mohair room.
A scenic drive from Ozona to Lancaster Hill, west on Texas State Highway 290, provides a panoramic view of the Pecos River Valley. As of the census of 2010, 3,225 citizens resided in Ozona.
Also as of the 2010 census, there were 1,273 homeholds in Crockett County (of which Ozona is the only town and county seat).
The ethnic makeup of Crockett County was 94.7% White (of any race), 1.7% Black or African American, 0.8% Asian alone, 1.8% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
The average homehold size in 2010 in Crockett County was 2.81.
Ozona is served by the Crockett County Consolidated Common School District (CCCCSD).
Crockett County CCSD is designated as Class 2 - A D1 by the University Interscholastic League.
Ozona High School students have won or placed in the top three at state competition in debate, speaking affairs, and journalism.
The Ozona High School Band has been awarded various honors at both the county-wide and state levels.
The Ozona Lady Lions have been Class 2 - A State Champions in 1995 and 1996 in basketball and in 1997 in golf. The Ozona Lions have been State Champions as a team in Cross Country running in Class 2 - A in 2004 and then Class 1 - A in 2013. Ozona is positioned in east-central Crockett County at 30 42 32 N 101 12 15 W (30.708972, -101.204069). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km2), all land. Most of the town is in the valley called Johnson Draw, while a portion extends east up Gurley Draw.
Texas State Highway 163 runs through the center of Ozona, dominant north 30 miles (48 km) to Barnhart and south 82 miles (132 km) to Comstock.
Climate data for Ozona, Texas In the Criminal Minds season 2 episode, "Boogeyman," the BAU travels to Ozona as part of a murder investigation involving a boy who was killed in the woods on the outskirts of town.
However, anyone familiar with Ozona and Crockett County would have immediately recognized that recording did not take place in Ozona, Texas.
In Cormac Mc - Carthy's All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole is held in Ozona after the horses (Redbo, Junior, and Blevins' horse) are impounded after three men swear they have paperwork confirming ownership of the animals.
New Orleans jazzrock trio, Royal Fingerbowl, featured a song called "Ozona, TX" on their 1997 album Happy Birthday, Sabo, about a hallucinating, dying cowboy.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Ozona CDP, Texas".
Texas Transportation Commission, Texas State Travel Guide, 2007, p.
Census: Crockett County, Texas "Monthly Averages for Ozona, Texas".
Municipalities and communities of Crockett County, Texas, United States County seats of Texas
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