Odessa, Texas
| Odessa, Texas | ||
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| City of Odessa | ||
Odessa City Hall in April 2014
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 Location in the state of Texas |
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| Coordinates: 31°51′48″N 102°21′56″W / 31.86333°N 102.36556°WCoordinates: 31°51′48″N 102°21′56″W / 31.86333°N 102.36556°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Texas
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| Counties | Ector, Midland | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-Manager | |
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Mayor David Turner Malcolm Hamilton Dewey Bryant Barbara Graff Dean Combs Sandra Carrasco |
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| • City Manager | Richard Morton | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 44 sq mi (113.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 43.9 sq mi (113.7 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) | |
| Elevation | 2,900 ft (884 m) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 118,918 | |
| • Density | 2,277/sq mi (879.0/km2) | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP codes | 79760-69 | |
| Area code(s) | 432 | |
| FIPS code | 48-53388 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1343067 | |
| Website | www |
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Odessa /ˌoʊˈdɛsə/ is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 118,918 at the 2010 census making it the 29th-most populous city in Texas; estimates as of July 2015 indicate a population of 159,436 in the city. It is the principal city of the Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Ector County. The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger Midland–Odessa combined statistical area, which had a 2010 census population of 278,801; a recent report from the United States Census Bureau estimates that the combined population as of July 2015 is 320,513. In 2014, Forbes magazine ranked Odessa as the third fastest-growing small city in the United States.
Odessa is said to have been named after Odessa, Ukraine, because of the local shortgrass prairie's resemblance to Ukraine's steppe landscape.
Odessa was founded in 1881 as a water stop and cattle-shipping point on the Texas and Pacific Railway. The first post office opened in 1885. Odessa became the county seat of Ector County in 1891 when the county was first organized. It was incorporated as a city in 1927, after oil was discovered in Ector County on the Connell Ranch southwest of Odessa.
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