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Introduction ...

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

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

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Odell (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Odell. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Odell is historic, it would have been located within present day Barnes County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

Below are the counties that are near Odell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Odell:

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Odell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
    • Rogers
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Rogers is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <3>
    • Leal
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Leal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Dazey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dazey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dazey
      • Dazey is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dazey <3>
    • Sanborn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Eckelson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Valley City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
    • Valley City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wimbledon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wimbledon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimbledon
      • Wimbledon is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wimbledon <3>
    • Sibley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sibley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Sibley is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Pillsbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pillsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury
      • Pillsbury is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
    • Oriska
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
      • Oriska is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <3>
    • Fingal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fingal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
      • Fingal is located in Barnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fingal <3>
    • Kathryn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
    • Tower City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Nolan ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nolan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Nolan is located in Cass County
    • Page
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
    • Walum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
      • Walum is located in Griggs County
    • Hannaford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sutton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooperstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Steele County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
    • Luverne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luverne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luverne
      • Luverne is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luverne <3>
    • Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Steele County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <3>
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.
    • Spiritwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiritwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Courtenay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtenay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtenay
      • Courtenay is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Courtenay <3>
    • Bloom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
    • Frontier Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
      • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
    • Jamestown Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
      • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
    • Jamestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ypsilanti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkhurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
    • Kensal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchanan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buchanan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
      • Buchanan is located in Stutsman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buchanan <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Odell, see our County-by-County Page for Odell.

Cemeteries Near Odell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Odell.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Odell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.

  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dazey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dazey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dazey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nebo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nebo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodbine Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodbine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Valley City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102743 <5>
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Valley City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102029 <5>
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Catherines Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyster Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Spiritwood Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spiritwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spiritwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hannaford Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Prairie Rest Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Rest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Odell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Odell, with the one closest to Odell listed first.

  • Sanborn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Dazey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dazey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dazey
    • Dazey is located in Barnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dazey <3>
  • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashtabula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
    • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
  • Berea
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Berea is located in Barnes County
  • Urbana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Urbana have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
  • Valley City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hannaford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Oriska
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriska
    • Oriska is located in Barnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriska <3>
  • Bloom
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
    • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
  • Cuba
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Cuba is located in Barnes County
  • Parkhurst
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
  • Jamestown
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Ypsilanti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hastings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hastings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Hastings is located in Barnes County
    • Daily
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daily have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
      • Daily is located in Barnes County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Odell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Odell.

Newspapers Published in Odell ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Odell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Odell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Odell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Odell:

The official website for Barnes County: www.co.barnes.nd.us/

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

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 Odell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Odell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Odell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0647, Longitude: -98.1976       In this case, the coordinates for Odell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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