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Welcome to Odena ...

So far, we found very little information about Odena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Odena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Odena, please Contact Us.

Odena would have been located within present day Talladega County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Odena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Odena is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Odena was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Odena and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Codes where Odena was located: 256 & 938<4>

Communities Also Named Odena ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Odena - they are located in Florida and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Odena.

Communities near Odena ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Odena.

  • Talladega
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sylacauga
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Childersburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbiana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vincent is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,223 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vincent <5>
  • Wilsonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Westover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Westover is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
  • Harpersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waldo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Waldo is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Odena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Odena.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Odena. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Odena.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Odena. See our Newspapers Page for Odena.

Adding Odena to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Odena in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Odena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Odena post office opened in 1892. The Odena post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Odena.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Odena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Odena - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Odena area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Odena area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/