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Welcome to Odell ...

Odell is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Odell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Odell is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Odell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Odell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Odell - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Odell ...

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

  • Monticello
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Honesdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawley is located in Wayne County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <3>
  • Woodridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jeffersonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Falls Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
  • Kauneonga Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Smallwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Briscoe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Briscoe is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe

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 Odell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Odell.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Odell. 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 Odell.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Odell ...

Looking for more information about Odell? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Odell, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Odell.

Adding Odell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Odell 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 Odell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Odell post office opened in 1902. The Odell post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Odell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Odell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/