Do you know of Odom ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Odom. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Odom.

Our sources for Odom (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Odom other than they indicate that Odom would be found somewhere in Butler County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1904 and closed  in 1906.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Odom ...

We found two communities that share the name Odom.

Within Alabama, the name Odom is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Louisiana
    • Rapides Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Odom [Rapides Parish].
  • Texas
    • Van Zandt County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Odom [Van Zandt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Odom ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Odom:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Odom.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 01/56424   (Place Name: Odom)

County: Butler     (FIPS State/County: 01/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Odom) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Butler County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Butler County.