Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA

Odessa is a community in Ector County, Texas, set within the broad plains, river basins and rapidly growing cities of Texas. Odessa grew as a rail and ranching center before oil transformed it into a principal city of the Permian Basin. Its historical character grew from the wider period in which Indigenous history, Spanish and Mexican settlement, ranching, railroads and oil shaped development. Energy, logistics, health care, technology, manufacturing and trade drive the economy. Historic places, recreation and close ties to neighboring communities add to Odessa’s character.