In the early part of 1904, Voss was established; a part of the William H. Day ranch.  When Mrs. Day decided to colonize her ranch, her location for the first settlement was Voss.  It was named after her business manager, Will Voss.  He was needing the services of a post office, so he sent in several names to the Post Office Department in Washington, D. C.  His name suggestions had already been used by others, so the department assigned his name, Voss, as the one to be used.

Mrs. Day had a one and a half story white frame building built at Voss to accomodate visitors who came to purchase land.  This building was known as the Voss Hotel and is presently the home and property of Tom and Ohlie Stewart.  As the land became available, the earliest arrivals settled along Panther Creek.  Here they found an abundance of wild life.  Most of the settlers made their homes in dug-outs, tents, pole houses or covered wagons until they could get their homes built.

In the early days, Voss could boast of three stores, a drug store, a couple of hotels, a school, two churches, a barber shop, a blacksmith shop (Wm. James Lauder was one of the blacksmiths) and a cotton gin. Dr. Whitehead was an early doctor.  Hiram Martin and John Lauder both ran Red and White Grocery stores in Voss prior to WWII.  Mrs. Lester (Marie) McClellan Anderson and her husband run the Red and White Grocery store there now (1983) and Mrs. Anderson is the postmaster.

At the close of World War II, the population was 120 and there were six businesses.  Presently the area population is around twenty. 
Among the names of the early families to come to Voss are the Loggins, Martins, Darrels, Turners, Morgans, Swifts, Creswells, and Coffeys.