Ojus is a census-designated place and formerly incorporated town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

[8] According to archaeologist Robert Carr, although the largest Tequesta settlement was located at the mouth of the Miami River, by 750 BCE approximately 100 Native Americans routinely inhabited the local area which was just a one-hour canoe trip north of the main settlement.

[11] Seminoles set up a trading post near present-day Greynolds Park to conduct business with the Ojus settlers.

[11] Many of the neighborhood lakes were created during the early part of the twentieth century to support the construction of the area's infrastructure.

[13] Voters initially approved the Town of Ojus on 4/12/1926 [14][15] only to have this set aside by the state supreme court due to invalid boundary specifications.

[21] Subsequently the state passed a bill calling for the abolishment of the town,[22] which was rejected by voters.

[11] One of the region's most notable features, Greynolds Park, was established in 1936 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) "New Deal" programs.

Greynolds, owner of the Ojus Rock Company, who donated 110 acres (45 ha) of his property in exchange for naming the park after him.

Over the years, the park has expanded to include a golf course and a boathouse, and even hosted popular musical acts during the 1960s such as the Grateful Dead.

[34] In 2018, county referendum 6 narrowly failed[35] to form a new municipality from portions of Ojus, Skylake and Highland Lakes.

[36][37][38] Ojus is located in northeastern Miami-Dade County at 25°57′24″N 80°9′29″W / 25.95667°N 80.15806°W / 25.95667; -80.15806 (25.956720, -80.157917),[39] 15 miles (24 km) north-northeast of downtown Miami.

Ojus is bordered in Miami-Dade County by Aventura to the east, North Miami Beach to the south, and Ives Estates to the west, while neighboring Broward County communities are Pembroke Park to the northwest and Hallandale Beach to the north.

Interstate 95 forms the western border of the community and provides access via Exit 16 (Ives Dairy Road).

U.S. Route 1 (Biscayne Boulevard) runs parallel to the eastern border, just inside the Aventura city limits.