Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Odessa came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Odessa in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Odessa. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Odessa data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Odessa:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Missouri (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Odessa in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Odessa for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Odessa. See our Misc Page for Odessa for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Odessa:

Odessa was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)