Ector County, Texas, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Ector County lies in Texas, linking established communities with the surrounding rural and suburban landscape. Odessa is the county seat and principal city in this oil-producing part of the Permian Basin. The area’s development reflects how Indigenous history, Spanish and Mexican settlement, ranching, railroads and oil shaped development before modern highways linked it to nearby population centers. Energy, logistics, health care, technology, manufacturing and trade drive the economy. Visible layers of landscape and history continue to shape the community’s identity.