Home of the Ozark County Genealogical & Historical Society
Our mission...
Is to collect , preserve and celebrate the unique history and heritage of Ozark County, Missouri. Our home is a renovated general merchandise store building located on the west side of the square in the county seat of Gainesville.
Purchased with generous donations of supporters of the OCGHS in 2010, the 1920's era building now houses a well-stocked genealogy library and provides a friendly, cheerful place for ever-changing events and exhibits in keeping with our mission.
Our organization, founded in 1986, offers membership to anyone with an interest in Ozark County, whether by birth or adoption. All
members receive a subscription to our popular newsletter,
The Old Mill Run!
Recently Added Events
Prize-winning author, noted speaker and Ozarks native Steve Wiegenstein will visit the Ozark County Historium on Thursday, August 14, 2026, at 10 a.m. to talk about the Great Tornado of 1925,the deadliest tornado in American history, which originated in Ellington in Southeast Missouri.
Join us at the Ozark County Historium on Friday, July 24, at 3:00 for a book-signing and talk by Lonnie and Beverly Uchtman and their daughter, Lori Rowe, about their new book, Home of the Hawk Dogs.
New quilt exhibit now on display! In honor of America's 250th birthday, the members of the Historium Quilt Group have gathered their own red, white and blue quilts to display for a few months in the Ozark County Historium.