Ovid is an extinct town in northeast Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community was on a county road (Ovid Road) adjacent to Missouri Route E approximately thirteen miles north-northeast of Richmond. The headwaters of Mud Creek arise just to the west of the site.Millville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1957 (1979 rev.)
A post office called Ovid was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1904. Besides the post office, Ovid had a country store.
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