[4][5] Fort Novosel, the primary flight training base for Army Aviation, abuts Ozark.

The Ozark area was originally inhabited by the Muscogee people.

The first known European settler in Ozark was John Merrick Sr., a veteran of the Revolutionary War, in 1822.

It was later changed to Woodshop, which was its name when the town received its post office.

[6][7] Ozark is home to four sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Claybank Log Church, the Samuel Lawson Dowling House, the Old Train Depot, and the J. D. Holman House.

There were 6,920 housing units at an average density of 201.1 per square mile (77.6/km2).

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,368 people, 5,946 households, and 3,651 families residing in the city.

Post-secondary education is available at Enterprise State Community College's Alabama Aviation Center at Ozark.