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class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Arts and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Arts and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Performing_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performing_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Performing arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7_(%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="اودسا (تکزاس) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اودسا (تکزاس)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Адэса (Тэхас) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Адэса (Тэхас)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Одеса (Тексас) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Одеса (Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Odessa (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Odessa (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa" title="Odessa – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Odessa" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_(Texas)" title="Odesa (Texas) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Odesa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Teksaso)" title="Odessa (Teksaso) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Odessa (Teksaso)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7_(%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3)" title="اودسا (تگزاس) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اودسا (تگزاس)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Teksas)" title="Odessa (Teksas) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Odessa (Teksas)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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اكتور, تكساس)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5_(%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B9%E5%B7%9E)" title="オデッサ (テキサス州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オデッサ (テキサス州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Одеса (Техас) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Одеса (Техас)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%81%D8%8C_%D9%B9%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="اوڈیسہ، ٹیکساس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="اوڈیسہ، ٹیکساس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Teksas)" title="Odessa (Teksas) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Odessa (Teksas)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Одесса (Техас) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Одесса (Техас)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%86%D8%AF%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D8%AA%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="ئۆدێسا، تێکساس – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئۆدێسا، تێکساس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81)" title="Одеса (Тексас) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Одеса (Тексас)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_(Texas)" title="Odessa (Texas) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Odessa (Texas)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Odessa, Texas" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Odessa, Texas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Odessa,_Texas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Odessa skyline, looking east from TX-302"><img alt="Odessa skyline, looking east from TX-302" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg/275px-Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg/413px-Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg/550px-Odessa%2C_Texas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3375" data-file-height="2163" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Odessa skyline, looking east from TX-302</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:City_of_Odessa,_Texas_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Odessa, Texas"><img alt="Official seal of Odessa, Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png/77px-City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png/116px-City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png/154px-City_of_Odessa%2C_Texas_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ector_County_Odessa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Texas"><img alt="Location in Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ector_County_Odessa.svg/250px-Ector_County_Odessa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ector_County_Odessa.svg/375px-Ector_County_Odessa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ector_County_Odessa.svg/500px-Ector_County_Odessa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="765" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">Counties</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Odesa#History" title="Odesa">historically also spelled "Odessa"</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council-manager_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Council-manager government">Council-Manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City Council">City Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> Javier Joven <br />Mark Matta <br />Steven P. Thompson<br />Detra White<br />Tom Sprawls<br />Mari Willis</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="City Manager">City Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Marrero</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/At-Large" class="mw-redirect" title="At-Large">At-Large</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Denise Swanner</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">51.36 sq mi (133.02 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">51.08 sq mi (132.29 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.28 sq mi (0.72 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,900 ft (884 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">114,428</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,414.62/sq mi (932.29/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">79760–79769</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_432" title="Area code 432">432</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">48-53388<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1343067<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odessa-tx.gov/">www<wbr />.odessa-tx<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Odessa</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a city in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector County</a> with portions extending into <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Odessa's population was 114,428 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Texas" title="List of municipalities in Texas">34th-most populous</a> city in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>; it is the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Odessa_metropolitan_area,_Texas" title="Odessa metropolitan area, Texas">Odessa metropolitan statistical area</a>, which includes all of Ector County. The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger <a href="/wiki/Midland%E2%80%93Odessa" title="Midland–Odessa">Midland–Odessa combined statistical area</a>, which had a 2020 census population of 359,001.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCBSA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is famous for being featured in the book <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights:_A_Town,_a_Team,_and_a_Dream" title="Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream">Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream</a></i>, and the movie adaption, <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)" title="Friday Night Lights (film)">Friday Night Lights</a>.</i> </p><p>In 1948, Odessa was also the home of <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bush" title="Barbara Bush">Barbara Bush</a>, and the onetime home of former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">Presidents</a> <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>. Former President George H. W. Bush has been quoted as saying "At Odessa we became Texans and proud of it."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Odessa,_Texas" title="Special:EditPage/Odessa, Texas">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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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.<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the opening of the Penn Field in 1929, and the Cowden Field in 1930, oil became a major draw for new residents. In 1925, the population was just 750; by 1929, it had risen to 5,000. For the rest of the 20th century, the city's population and economy grew rapidly during each of a succession of <a href="/wiki/Oil_boom" title="Oil boom">oil booms</a> (roughly in the 1930s–1950s, 1970s, and 2010s), often with accompanying contractions during the succeeding busts (particularly in the 1960s and 1980s).<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odessa is said to have been named after <a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a>, a coastal city in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ukraine" title="Southern Ukraine">Southern</a> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, (historically spelled <i>Odessa</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because of the local <a href="/wiki/Shortgrass_prairie" title="Shortgrass prairie">shortgrass prairie's</a> resemblance to Ukraine's <a href="/wiki/Steppe" title="Steppe">steppe</a> landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odessa is located along the southwestern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>. It is situated above the <a href="/wiki/Permian_Basin_(North_America)" title="Permian Basin (North America)">Permian Basin</a>, a large sedimentary deposit that contains significant reserves of oil and natural gas. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 44.0 square miles (114 km<sup>2</sup>); 43.9 square miles (114 km<sup>2</sup>) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.05%) is covered by water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odessa has a <a href="/wiki/Hot_semiarid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot semiarid climate">hot semiarid climate</a> typical of West Texas. Summers are hot and sunny, while winters are cool and dry. Most rainfall occurs in late spring and summer; snowfall is rare. The area exhibits a large diurnal temperature range and frequent high winds.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Odessa, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">112<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.0<br />(24.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.1<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.6<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100.1<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104.0<br />(40.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.6<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.5<br />(38.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.4<br />(33.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.6<br />(27.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.8<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0400; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">105.6<br />(40.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.8<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.6<br />(30.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.0<br />(34.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.0<br />(34.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.9<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.3<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.0<br />(25.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.0<br />(18.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76.9<br />(24.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.6<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.1<br />(9.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.4<br />(14.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.0<br />(27.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.4<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.4<br />(27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.7<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.4<br />(18.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.0<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.9<br />(10.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.0<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.8<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.9<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.1<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.4<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.9<br />(11.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(−7.2) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(−5.6) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(−1.4) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.4<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.6<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(−3.4) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(−6.3) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.0<br />(−10.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5<br />(−21) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−5<br />(−21) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.68<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.54<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.67<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #E3FFE3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.70<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.62<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.00<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.47<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.61<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.53<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.27<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.61<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.58<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.28<br />(311) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.9<br />(2.29) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9 </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>2,407</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>9,573</td><td></td><td>297.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>29,495</td><td></td><td>208.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>80,338</td><td></td><td>172.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>78,380</td><td></td><td>−2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>90,027</td><td></td><td>14.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>89,699</td><td></td><td>−0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>90,943</td><td></td><td>1.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>99,940</td><td></td><td>9.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>114,428</td><td></td><td>14.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Census Bureau<sup id="cite_ref-QF_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Texas Almanac<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa,_TX.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png/220px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png/330px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png/440px-Race_and_ethnicity_2020_Odessa%2C_TX.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2404" /></a><figcaption>Map of racial distribution in Odessa, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(115, 178, 255);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> White</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(159, 212, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Black</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Asian</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(255, 170, 0);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Hispanic</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(140, 81, 181);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Multiracial</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid white;background-color:white; color:black;color:rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">⬤</span></span> Native American/Other</span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Odessa city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>46,179 </td> <td>41,492 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">37,390 </td> <td>50.78% </td> <td>41.52% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">32.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>5,165 </td> <td>5,330 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7,007 </td> <td>5.68% </td> <td>5.33% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">6.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>372 </td> <td>445 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">424 </td> <td>0.41% </td> <td>0.45% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>775 </td> <td>1,056 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,452 </td> <td>0.85% </td> <td>1.06% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>22 </td> <td>92 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">258 </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td>0.09% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some Other Race alone (NH) </td> <td>24 </td> <td>52 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">357 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>735 </td> <td>872 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,296 </td> <td>0.81% </td> <td>0.87% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>37,671 </td> <td>50,601 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">64,244 </td> <td>41.42% </td> <td>50.63% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">56.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>90,843</b> </td> <td><b>99,940</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>114,428</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 114,428 people, 41,942 households, and 28,218 families residing in the city. As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 99,940 people, 35,216 households, and 27,412 families resided in the city. The population density was 2,276.5 inhabitants per square mile (879.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 43,687 housing units at an average density of 995.1 per square mile (384.2/km<sup>2</sup>). </p><p>In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">racial makeup</a> of the city was 75.4% White, 5.7% Black, 1.1% Asian, 1.0% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 14.2% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race was 50.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2020, the racial and ethnic makeup was 32.68% non-Hispanic white, 6.12% African American, 0.37% Native American, 2.14% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 0.31% some other race, 2.01% multiracial, and 56.14% Hispanic or Latino of any race, reflecting state and nationwide trends of greater diversification.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 35,216 households in 2010, 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were not families. About 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65, and the average family size was 3.21. The population was distributed as 29.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males. </p><p>At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city was $31,209, and the median income for a family was $36,869. Males had a median income of $31,115 versus $21,743 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $16,096. About 16.0% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over. The 2020 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">American community Survey</a> estimated the median household income increased to $63,829 with a mean income of $82,699.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prosperity_Bank,_Odessa,_TX_DSCN1277.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG/200px-Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG/300px-Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG/400px-Prosperity_Bank%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1277.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Prosperity Bank Building is the tallest building in Odessa.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG/220px-Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG/330px-Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG/440px-Pumpjacks_in_Texas.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2265" data-file-height="847" /></a><figcaption>Oil Pumpjacks seen in an oil field in <a href="/wiki/Penwell,_Texas" title="Penwell, Texas">Penwell</a>, west of Odessa in 2006. The oil industry has been a huge part of Odessa's economy since the 1920s.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MCM_Grand_Hotel,_Odessa,_TX_DSCN1213.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG/200px-MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG/300px-MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG/400px-MCM_Grand_Hotel%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1213.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa includes the West Texas Events Center.</figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, the Odessa economy has been primarily driven by the area's oil industry, booming and busting in response to rises and falls in the crude <a href="/wiki/Price_of_oil" title="Price of oil">oil price</a>. Many of the city's largest employers are oilfield supply companies and petrochemical processing companies. In recent decades, city leaders have begun trying to decrease the city's reliance on the energy industry to moderate the boom-bust cycle and develop greater economic sustainability.<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Odessa has also taken steps to diversify the energy it produces. In 2009, a <a href="/wiki/Wind_farm" title="Wind farm">wind farm</a> has been constructed in northern Ector County.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time, a <a href="/wiki/Coal_pollution_mitigation" title="Coal pollution mitigation">coal pollution mitigation</a> plant had been announced for a site previously entered in the <a href="/wiki/Futuregen" class="mw-redirect" title="Futuregen">Futuregen</a> bidding. The plant will be run by Summit Power and will be located near <a href="/wiki/Penwell,_Texas" title="Penwell, Texas">Penwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This plant was supposed to lead to the creation of 8,000 jobs in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans were also in place for a small <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor">nuclear reactor</a> called the <a href="/wiki/HT3R" title="HT3R">High-Temperature Teaching and Test Reactor</a> to be run as a test and teaching facility in conjunction with the nuclear engineering department at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_of_the_Permian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas of the Permian Basin">University of Texas of the Permian Basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Odessa's main enclosed shopping mall, <a href="/wiki/Music_City_Mall_(Odessa,_Texas)" title="Music City Mall (Odessa, Texas)">Music City Mall</a>, used to include an indoor ice skating rink. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_employers">Largest employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Largest employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As in many municipalities, some of the largest employers are in the education, government, and healthcare industries. Outside of those areas, the city's major employers are concentrated in the oil industry. According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city were: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th>Number of<br />employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ector_County_Independent_School_District" title="Ector County Independent School District">Ector County Independent School District</a> </td> <td>4,163 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Medical Center Hospital </td> <td>1,977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halliburton" title="Halliburton">Halliburton</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>NexTier (formerly Keane Group) </td> <td>1,142 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>City of Odessa </td> <td>900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Saulsbury Companies </td> <td>874 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iasis_Healthcare" title="Iasis Healthcare">Odessa Regional Medical Center</a> </td> <td>800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector County</a> </td> <td>735 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H-E-B" title="H-E-B">H-E-B</a> </td> <td>721 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Permian_Basin" title="University of Texas Permian Basin">University of Texas Permian Basin</a> </td> <td>619 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Odessa,_TX,_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg/200px-Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg/300px-Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg/400px-Odessa%2C_TX%2C_welcome_sign_Picture_1824.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Odessa welcome sign along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_20" title="Interstate 20">Interstate 20</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ector_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ector_night.jpg/220px-Ector_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ector_night.jpg/330px-Ector_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ector_night.jpg/440px-Ector_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Ector Theater in Odessa, Texas as shown on May 30, 2020. The 700-seat Ector Theatre at 500 N. Texas Ave. in Odessa opened in 1951. Now closed for regular films, it still hosts occasional community events, performing arts, and musical expositions. The theater is undergoing a major renovation and is now attached to the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa,_TX_DSCN1292.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG/200px-Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG/300px-Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG/400px-Abandoned_Historic_Rio_Theater_in_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1292.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The abandoned Rio Theater on North Grant Street in Odessa opened in 1947 as the Scott Theater. In 2010, a community group attempted to acquire the building.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Performing arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Midland–Odessa Symphony and Chorale (MOSC) was founded in 1962,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the region's largest orchestral organization, presenting both pops and masterworks concerts. The MOSC has three resident chamber ensembles: the Lone Star Brass, Permian Basin String Quartet, and West Texas Winds. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Globe_of_the_Great_Southwest" title="Globe of the Great Southwest">Globe of the Great Southwest</a>, located on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Odessa_College" title="Odessa College">Odessa College</a>, features a replica of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Globe_Theatre" title="Globe Theatre">Globe Theatre</a>. It hosts plays, and features an annual Shakespeare festival. Other theaters include the Ector Theater, built in 1951, and the Permian Playhouse.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:White-Pool_House_in_Odessa,_TX_Picture_1849.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg/200px-White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg/300px-White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg/400px-White-Pool_House_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1849.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=White-Pool_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White-Pool House (page does not exist)">White-Pool House</a>, built in 1887, is the oldest structure still standing in Odessa. Open to visitors at 112 East Murphy Street near South Grant Avenue, the building is listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg/200px-Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg/300px-Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg/400px-Stonehenge_at_University_of_Texas_at_the_Permian_Basin_Picture_1851.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stonehenge_replica_(Odessa,_Texas)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stonehenge replica (Odessa, Texas) (page does not exist)">Stonehenge replica</a> on campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_of_the_Permian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas of the Permian Basin">University of Texas of the Permian Basin</a> in Odessa</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parker_Ranch_House_Museum,_Odessa,_TX_DSCN1231.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG/200px-Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG/300px-Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG/400px-Parker_Ranch_House_Museum%2C_Odessa%2C_TX_DSCN1231.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Parker Ranch House Museum at 1118 Maple Ave.: The restored structure was once the headquarters of a ranch that includes 175 sections of land in Andrews and Ector Counties. Owned from the 1930s to the 1950s by Jim and Bessie Parker, the museum features exhibits of the ranching family.</figcaption></figure> <p>Odessa's <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Museum_and_Leadership_Library" title="Presidential Museum and Leadership Library">Presidential Museum and Leadership Library</a>, on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_of_the_Permian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas of the Permian Basin">University of Texas of the Permian Basin</a>, is dedicated to the office of the Presidency. It also has displays about the presidents of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Texas" title="Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas</a>. </p><p>Texon Santa Fe Depot honors the old west and its railroads.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Parker House Museum features the lifestyle of a prominent ranching family in from the early 1900s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Meteor_Crater" title="Odessa Meteor Crater">Odessa Meteor Crater</a>, an impact crater 550 feet (170 m) in diameter, is located southwest of the city. </p><p>Odessa has 31 jackrabbits statues, as part of an art project launched in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa,_TX_Picture_1830.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg/200px-Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg/300px-Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg/400px-Ector_County_Library_in_Odessa%2C_TX_Picture_1830.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector County</a> Library in downtown Odessa</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Ector County Library</li> <li>Murry H. Fly Learning Resource Center</li> <li>The J. Conrad Dunagan Library</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Jackalopes" title="Odessa Jackalopes">Odessa Jackalopes</a>, a Tier ll junior <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/Ector_County_Coliseum" title="Ector County Coliseum">Ector County Coliseum</a>, which was also home to the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a>’s <a href="/wiki/West_Texas_Roughnecks" title="West Texas Roughnecks">Odessa/West Texas Roughnecks</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/West_Texas_Wildcatters" title="West Texas Wildcatters">West Texas Wildcatters</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Football_League" title="Lone Star Football League">Lone Star Football League</a> and currently home to the <a href="/wiki/West_Texas_Desert_Hawks" title="West Texas Desert Hawks">West Texas Desert Hawks</a> indoor football team and member of the National Arena League. High-school football is held at <a href="/wiki/Ratliff_Stadium" title="Ratliff Stadium">Ratliff Stadium</a>, which was featured in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)" title="Friday Night Lights (film)">Friday Night Lights</a>.</i> It is home to the <a href="/wiki/Odessa_High_School_(Texas)" title="Odessa High School (Texas)">Odessa Bronchos</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Permian_High_School" title="Permian High School">Permian Panthers</a>. It is one of the largest high-school stadiums in the state, listed as seventh in capacity within Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odessa has a <a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">council–manager government</a>, with a city council of five councillors (elected from geographic districts) and a mayor (elected at-large). The council appoints and directs other city officials, including the <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">city manager</a>, and sets the city's budget, taxes, and other policies.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2014 fiscal year, the Odessa government had $179.1 million in revenues, $146.3 million in expenditures, $454 million in total assets, and $203 million in total liabilities. The city's major sources of public revenues were fees for services (such as <a href="/wiki/Public_utilities" class="mw-redirect" title="Public utilities">public utilities</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales taxes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property taxes</a>, and its major expenses were for public safety and for water and sewer service.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 14, 2022, the Odessa City Council voted to make Odessa a "sanctuary city for the unborn." In a 6–1 vote, Mayor Javier Joven and council members Denise Swanner, Mark Matta, Gilbert Vasquez, Chris Hanie, and Greg Connell established Odessa as the 62nd city to "outlaw" abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new city ordinance makes a person civilly liable if any person aids, abets, or assists anybody in an abortion operation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2024, the city gained national attention after voting 5–2 to implement a transgender bathroom ban, in which any transgender person found using a publicly owned bathroom not matching their assigned gender at birth could be charged with trespassing. The ban was particularly notable for creating a private right to sue, under which any cisgender individual may seek damages from the transgender person of at minimum $10,000 in addition to attorney and court fees.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A month later, they expanded the law to cover all restrooms public or private, and allow anyone to sue regardless of if they're an Odessa or even Texas resident.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_federal_facilities">State and federal facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: State and federal facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice" title="Texas Department of Criminal Justice">Texas Department of Criminal Justice</a> operates the Odessa District Parole Office in Odessa.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> operates three post offices in Odessa: Odessa,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northeast Odessa,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and West Odessa.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities_and_colleges">Universities and colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Universities and colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="University_of_Texas_Permian_Basin">University of Texas Permian Basin</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: University of Texas Permian Basin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Permian_Basin" title="University of Texas Permian Basin">University of Texas Permian Basin</a> (UTPB) began in 1973. UTPB was an upper level and graduate university until the Texas Legislature passed a bill in spring 1991 to allow the university to accept freshmen and sophomores. As of 2006, the university was holding discussions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the construction of a new High-Temperature Teaching and Test Reactor, which if successful, would finish licensing and construction around 2012. It would be the first university-based research reactor to be built in the US in roughly a decade, and be one of the few HTGR-type reactors in the world. In January 2006, UTPB's School of Business was awarded accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, which is generally regarded as the premier accreditation agency for the world's business schools. According to the university, only 30% of business schools in the United States, and 15% of world business schools, have received AACSB accreditation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Texas_Tech_University_Health_Sciences_Center">Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University_Health_Sciences_Center_Permian_Basin_Campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus">Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus</a> opened as a school of medicine in 1979, beginning in the basement of Medical Center Hospital. Since 1994, TTUHSC Permian Basin has included a school of allied health, offering a master's degree in physical therapy. Also, on the campus of Midland College, it offers a physician-assistant program. Additionally, TTUHSC Permian Basin includes a school of nursing focusing on primary care and rural health. In June 1999, the Texas Tech Health Center opened as a clinic, providing increased access to primary and specialized health care for the Permian Basin. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin also operates 21 WIC clinics located in nearby small communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Community_colleges">Community colleges</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Community colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG/200px-Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG/300px-Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG/400px-Odessa_College_sign_IMG_0325.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><span style="font-size:100%;">Entrance sign at <a href="/wiki/Odessa_College" title="Odessa College">Odessa College</a></span></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Odessa_College" title="Odessa College">Odessa College</a> is a public, two-year college based in Odessa, serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin. It opened in 1952 and currently enrolls about 6,000 annually in its university-parallel and occupational/technical courses, and 11,000 students annually in its basic education, continuing education, and community recreation courses.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Odessa College serves most of Midland, as in the parts in Ector County. Parts in Midland County are assigned to <a href="/wiki/Midland_College" title="Midland College">Midland College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_schools">Primary and secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ector_County_Independent_School_District" title="Ector County Independent School District">Ector County Independent School District</a> serves portions of Odessa in Ector County (the vast majority of the city).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ECISD was established in 1921, in a consolidation of seven area schools. The district now contains 38 campuses. It administers these high schools: <a href="/wiki/Permian_High_School" title="Permian High School">Permian High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odessa_High_School_(Texas)" title="Odessa High School (Texas)">Odessa High School</a>, George H. W. Bush New Tech Odessa, OC Techs at Odessa College and Odessa Collegiate Academy, also at Odessa College. </p><p>The portion of Odessa in Midland County is zoned to the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Independent_School_District" title="Midland Independent School District">Midland Independent School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Odessa's private schools include Montessori Mastery School of Odessa, Latter Rain Christian School, Odessa Christian School, Permian Basin Christian School, Faith Community Christian Academy, St. John's Episcopal School, St. Mary's Central Catholic School (of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_San_Angelo" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo">Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo</a>), Rainey School of Montessori, Sherwood Christian Academy, and Zion Christian Academy. Odessa is also home to five charter schools: Compass Academy Charter School, UTPB STEM Academy, Harmony Science Academy-Odessa, Embassy Academy, and Richard Milburn Academy-Odessa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Texas" title="List of newspapers in Texas">List of newspapers in Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Texas" title="List of radio stations in Texas">List of radio stations in Texas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Texas" title="List of television stations in Texas">List of television stations in Texas</a></div> <p>The city's main daily <a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">broadsheet</a> newspaper is the <i><a href="/wiki/Odessa_American" title="Odessa American">Odessa American</a></i>. A total of 124 listed radio stations broadcast in <a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which includes Midland/Odessa, Abilene, San Angelo and Alpine. Most notable broadcasts in Odessa are <b><a href="/wiki/KFZX" title="KFZX">KFZX</a></b> Classic Rock (102.1 <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a>), <a href="/wiki/KMRK-FM" title="KMRK-FM"><b>KMRK</b></a> My Country (96.1 FM) and <a href="/wiki/KXWT" title="KXWT">KXWT</a> Marfa Public Radio (91.3 FM). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air_and_space">Air and space</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Air and space"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odessa is primarily served by <a href="/wiki/Midland_International_Air_and_Space_Port" title="Midland International Air and Space Port">Midland International Air and Space Port</a> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>MAF</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>KMAF</b>) which served 47,088 passengers in February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located in <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland County</a>, within the city limits of the City of Midland but halfway between Downtown Midland and Downtown Odessa.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An alternative airport is <a href="/wiki/Odessa-Schlemeyer_Field" title="Odessa-Schlemeyer Field">Odessa-Schlemeyer Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>ODO</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>KODO</b>), which is located within the city limits of Odessa, being only 5 miles northeast and 10 miles west from MAF. The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> categories the field as a <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> airport.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Midland International Air and Space Port is being served by <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Airlines" title="Southwest Airlines">Southwest Airlines</a> (25,131 passengers as of March 12, 2024), <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a> (14,780), <a href="/wiki/American_Airlines" title="American Airlines">American Airlines</a> (13,886); inclusive of their subsidiaries, such as <a href="/wiki/American_Eagle_(airline_brand)" title="American Eagle (airline brand)">American Eagle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midland Spaceport is currently not being served by any commercial space companies, although the Texas Chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Force_Association" title="Space Force Association">Space Force Association</a> is believed to start operations in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roads">Roads</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/I-20.svg/24px-I-20.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/I-20.svg/36px-I-20.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/I-20.svg/48px-I-20.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_20_in_Texas" title="Interstate 20 in Texas">I-20</a> (Interstate 20)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Business_Loop_20.svg/24px-Business_Loop_20.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Business_Loop_20.svg/36px-Business_Loop_20.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Business_Loop_20.svg/48px-Business_Loop_20.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_20_Business_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 20 Business (Texas)">I-20 BL</a> (2nd Street)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/US_385.svg/30px-US_385.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/US_385.svg/45px-US_385.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/US_385.svg/60px-US_385.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_385_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 385 in Texas">US 385</a> (Andrews Highway / Grant Avenue)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Texas_191.svg/24px-Texas_191.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Texas_191.svg/36px-Texas_191.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Texas_191.svg/48px-Texas_191.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_191" title="Texas State Highway 191">SH 191</a> (42nd Street)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Texas_Spur_450.svg/24px-Texas_Spur_450.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Texas_Spur_450.svg/36px-Texas_Spur_450.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Texas_Spur_450.svg/48px-Texas_Spur_450.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Spur_450" title="Texas State Highway Spur 450">Spur 450</a> (Kermit Highway)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Texas_Spur_588.svg/24px-Texas_Spur_588.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Texas_Spur_588.svg/36px-Texas_Spur_588.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Texas_Spur_588.svg/48px-Texas_Spur_588.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Spur_588" title="Texas State Highway Spur 588">Spur 588</a> (Faudree Road)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Loop_338.svg/24px-Texas_Loop_338.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Loop_338.svg/36px-Texas_Loop_338.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Loop_338.svg/48px-Texas_Loop_338.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Loop_338" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas State Highway Loop 338">Loop 338</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Texas_FM_1882.svg/24px-Texas_FM_1882.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Texas_FM_1882.svg/36px-Texas_FM_1882.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Texas_FM_1882.svg/48px-Texas_FM_1882.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1882" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 1882">FM 1882</a> (County Road West)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Texas_FM_2020.svg/24px-Texas_FM_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Texas_FM_2020.svg/36px-Texas_FM_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Texas_FM_2020.svg/48px-Texas_FM_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm to Market Road 2020">FM 2020</a> (University Boulevard)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output 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Bullock">Jim J. Bullock</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Desha_Bunton_III" title="Lucius Desha Bunton III">Lucius Desha Bunton III</a>, United States federal judge<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Cannon" title="Marcus Cannon">Marcus Cannon</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dicus" title="Chuck Dicus">Chuck Dicus</a>, player in <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Hayden Fry</a>, college football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibson_(American_songwriter)" title="Dave Gibson (American songwriter)">Dave Gibson</a>, country music singer-songwriter, frontman of award-winning group <a href="/wiki/Gibson/Miller_Band" title="Gibson/Miller Band">Gibson/Miller Band</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_D._Godard" title="Ronald D. Godard">Ronald D. Godard</a>, ambassador</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britt_Hager" title="Britt Hager">Britt Harley Hager</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ray_Herrera" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Ray Herrera">Daniel Ray Herrera</a>, professional baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Holloway_(Survivor_contestant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Holloway (Survivor contestant)">Mike Holloway</a>, winner of <i><a href="/wiki/Survivor:_Worlds_Apart" title="Survivor: Worlds Apart">Survivor: Worlds Apart</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Hunt" title="Daryl Hunt">Daryl Hunt</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Johnson_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgil Johnson (singer)">Virgil Johnson</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/The_Velvets" title="The Velvets">The Velvets</a> singing group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Kyle" title="Chris Kyle">Chris Kyle</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">U.S. Navy SEAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Landgraf" title="Brooks Landgraf">Brooks Landgraf</a>, attorney and member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 81</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Late" title="Blair Late">Blair Late</a>, singer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Lunsford" title="Trey Lunsford">Trey Lunsford</a>, former catcher for the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Marquez" title="Bradley Marquez">Bradley Marquez</a>, former NFL wide receiver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_McCarty" title="Nolan McCarty">Nolan McCarty</a>, Chair Department of Politics, Princeton University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_McGaha" title="Chris McGaha">Chris McGaha</a>, NHRA Pro Stock racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Mayfield" title="Gene Mayfield">Gene Mayfield</a>, college and high-school football coach</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Myrick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Myrick (page does not exist)">Bill Myrick</a>, country music singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_No%C3%ABl" title="Bill Noël">Bill Noël</a>, oil industrialist and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, singer-songwriter <sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rummel-Hudson" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Rummel-Hudson">Robert Rummel-Hudson</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Schmedes" title="Kelly Schmedes">Kelly Schmedes</a>, professional soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Scott" title="Wally Scott">Wally Scott</a>, famed glider pilot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Smith_(model)" title="Kim Smith (model)">Kim Smith</a>, model and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Stevenson_(athlete)" title="Toby Stevenson (athlete)">Toby Stevenson</a>, Olympic pole vaulter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephnie_Weir" title="Stephnie Weir">Stephnie Weir</a>, actress and comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Wetmore_(novelist)" title="Elizabeth Wetmore (novelist)">Elizabeth Wetmore</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(wide_receiver)" title="Roy Williams (wide receiver)">Roy Williams</a>, professional football player <sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Mac_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Mac Wilson">Alfred Mac Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Rex_Young" class="mw-redirect" title="Marvin Rex Young">Marvin Rex Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> Medal of Honor recipient <sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The book <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights:_A_Town,_a_Team,_and_a_Dream" title="Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream">Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream</a></i>, by author <a href="/wiki/H._G._Bissinger" class="mw-redirect" title="H. G. Bissinger">H. G. Bissinger</a>, and the subsequent movie (<i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)" title="Friday Night Lights (film)">Friday Night Lights</a></i>), are based on the 1988 football season of Permian High School, one of the two high school football teams in Odessa.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Making_News:_Texas_Style" title="Making News: Texas Style">Making News: Texas Style</a></i>, a reality series on the <a href="/wiki/Pop_(American_TV_channel)" title="Pop (American TV channel)">TV Guide Channel</a>, followed the reporters of the local <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate, <a href="/wiki/KOSA-TV" title="KOSA-TV">KOSA-TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A portion of the <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lee_Jones" title="Tommy Lee Jones">Tommy Lee Jones</a> <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Burials_of_Melquiades_Estrada" title="The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada">The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada</a></i> was filmed in Odessa.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">truTV</a> reality show <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Gold_(TV_series)" title="Black Gold (TV series)">Black Gold</a></i> is based on three oil wells outside of Odessa, as well as some locations in Odessa, such as the local <a href="/wiki/Hooters" title="Hooters">Hooters</a> restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Part_18_(Twin_Peaks)" title="Part 18 (Twin Peaks)">final episode</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin Peaks (season 3)">third season of <i>Twin Peaks</i></a> included scenes which take place in Odessa.</li> <li>Author <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Benson" title="Raymond Benson">Raymond Benson</a> set portions of his novels <i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Stiletto" title="The Black Stiletto">The Black Stiletto</a></i> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Black_Stiletto:_Endings_%26_Beginnings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings (page does not exist)">The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings</a></i> in Odessa. Several of his other novels and short stories use Odessa as a location but it is fictionalized as a town called "Limite, Texas."</li> <li>Episodes of the <a href="/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legends of Tomorrow (season 6)">sixth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legends of Tomorrow (season 7)">seventh seasons</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow" title="Legends of Tomorrow">Legends of Tomorrow</a></i> took place in Odessa.</li> <li>The novel (and motion picture) "<a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men" title="No Country for Old Men">No Country for Old Men</a>" mentions Odessa. Protagonist, Moss, tells his wife, Carla Jean, that she has to go to her mother's house in Odessa and stay there until his call.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odessa,_Texas&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Flight_Strip" title="Odessa Flight Strip">Odessa Flight Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland%E2%80%93Odessa_shootings" title="Midland–Odessa shootings">Midland–Odessa shootings</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiss_and_Kill" title="Kiss and Kill">Kiss and Kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland%E2%80%93Odessa_shootings" title="Midland–Odessa shootings">2019 shooting spree</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County_Independent_School_District" title="Ector County Independent School District">Ector County ISD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odessa_High_School_(Texas)" title="Odessa High School (Texas)">Odessa HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permian_High_School" title="Permian High School">Permian HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H.W._Bush_New_Tech_Odessa" title="George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa">George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Independent_School_District" title="Midland Independent School District">Midland ISD</a> (For portions in Midland County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa_College" title="Odessa College">Odessa College</a> (For portions in Ector County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_College" title="Midland College">Midland College</a> (For portions in Midland County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Permian_Basin" title="University of Texas Permian Basin">UT Permian Basin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ector_County_Coliseum" title="Ector County Coliseum">Ector County Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe_of_the_Great_Southwest" title="Globe of the Great Southwest">Globe of the Great Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_City_Mall_(Odessa,_Texas)" title="Music City Mall (Odessa, Texas)">Music City Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Museum_and_Leadership_Library" title="Presidential Museum and Leadership Library">Presidential Museum and Leadership Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratliff_Stadium" title="Ratliff Stadium">Ratliff Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White%E2%80%93Pool_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White–Pool House (page does not exist)">White–Pool House</a></li> <li>Nearby: <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Meteor_Crater" title="Odessa Meteor Crater">Odessa Meteor Crater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midland_International_Air_and_Space_Port" title="Midland International Air and Space Port">Midland International Air and Space Port</a> (in the Midland city limits)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Odessa_American" title="Odessa American">Odessa American</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights:_A_Town,_a_Team,_and_a_Dream" title="Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream">Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)" title="Friday Night Lights (film)">film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Friday_Night_Lights" title="Template:Friday Night Lights">template on related TV show</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa_Jackalopes" title="Odessa Jackalopes">Odessa Jackalopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland-Odessa_Sockers_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland-Odessa Sockers FC">Midland-Odessa Sockers FC</a> (in Midland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Texas_Warbirds" class="mw-redirect" title="West Texas Warbirds">West Texas Warbirds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>This list is incomplete.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Ector_County,_Texas,_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ector_County,_Texas" title="Template:Ector County, Texas"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ector_County,_Texas" title="Template talk:Ector County, Texas"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ector_County,_Texas" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ector County, Texas"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Ector_County,_Texas,_United_States" class="adr" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Municipalities and communities of <a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas"><span class="region">Ector County, Texas</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span>Odessa</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goldsmith,_Texas" title="Goldsmith, Texas">Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Odessa</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ector County map"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Ector_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></span><figcaption>Ector County map</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gardendale,_Texas" title="Gardendale, Texas">Gardendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Odessa,_Texas" title="West Odessa, Texas">West Odessa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area#United_States" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcade,_Texas" title="Arcade, Texas">Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notrees,_Texas" title="Notrees, Texas">Notrees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penwell,_Texas" title="Penwell, Texas">Penwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Farms,_Texas" title="Pleasant Farms, Texas">Pleasant Farms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Texas_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Texas (state)"><span>Texas portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Midland_County,_Texas,_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks 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style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Municipalities_and_communities_of_Midland_County,_Texas,_United_States" class="adr" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Municipalities and communities of <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas"><span class="region">Midland County, Texas</span></a>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas"><span>Midland</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a>‡</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Odessa</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Midland County map"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg/100px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Texas_highlighting_Midland_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="1317" /></span><figcaption>Midland County map</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area#United_States" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chub,_Texas" title="Chub, Texas">Chub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Midland_County,_Texas" title="Greenwood, Midland County, Texas">Greenwood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dameron_City,_Texas" title="Dameron City, Texas">Dameron City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germania,_Texas" title="Germania, Texas">Germania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slaughter,_Texas" title="Slaughter, Texas">Slaughter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Texas_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Texas (state)"><span>Texas portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse 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style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Texas" title="Abortion in Texas">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Texas" title="Culture of Texas">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Texas" title="Crime in Texas">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Texas" title="Demographics of Texas">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Texas" title="Economy of Texas">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Texas" title="Education in Texas">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Texas" title="Gambling in Texas">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Texas" title="Gun laws in Texas">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Texas">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Texas">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Texas" title="Politics of Texas">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Texas" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ark-La-Tex" title="Ark-La-Tex">Ark‑La‑Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bend_(Texas)" title="Big Bend (Texas)">Big Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Chica_(Texas)" title="Boca Chica (Texas)">Boca Chica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Blackland_Prairies" title="Texas Blackland Prairies">Blackland Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazos_Valley" title="Brazos Valley">Brazos Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Coastal_Bend" title="Texas Coastal Bend">Coastal Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concho_Valley" title="Concho Valley">Concho Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Hill Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Texas" title="Northeast Texas">Northeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Texas" title="North Texas">North Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage_Plains" title="Osage Plains">Osage Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_panhandle" title="Texas panhandle">Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permian_Basin_(North_America)" title="Permian Basin (North America)">Permian Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piney_Woods" title="Piney Woods">Piney Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Rio_Grande_Valley" title="Lower Rio Grande Valley">Rio Grande Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Texas" title="Southeast Texas">Southeast Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Plains" title="South Plains">South Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Texas" title="South Texas">South Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texoma" title="Texoma">Texoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Pecos" title="Trans-Pecos">Trans-Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_metropolitan_areas" title="List of Texas metropolitan areas">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Austin" title="Greater Austin">Greater Austin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>–<a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a>–<a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">DFW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>–<a href="/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas" title="The Woodlands, Texas">The Woodlands</a>–<a href="/wiki/Sugar_Land,_Texas" title="Sugar Land, Texas">Sugar Land</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">Greater Houston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" title="Killeen, Texas">Killeen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Temple,_Texas" title="Temple, Texas">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kilgore,_Texas" title="Kilgore, Texas">Kilgore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAllen,_Texas" title="McAllen, Texas">McAllen</a>–<a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg</a>–<a href="/wiki/Mission,_Texas" title="Mission, Texas">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Odessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_Texas" title="San Angelo, Texas">San Angelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_Braunfels,_Texas" title="New Braunfels, Texas">New Braunfels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman,_Texas" title="Sherman, Texas">Sherman</a>–<a href="/wiki/Denison,_Texas" title="Denison, Texas">Denison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana,_Texas" title="Texarkana, Texas">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_Texas" title="Tyler, Texas">Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Texas" title="Victoria, Texas">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Creek_(Texas)" title="Wagner Creek (Texas)">Wagner Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">List of counties in Texas</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/32px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/48px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/64px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Texas" title="Portal:Texas">Texas portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="County_seats_of_Texas" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Texas_county_seats" title="Template:Texas county seats"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Texas_county_seats" title="Template talk:Texas county seats"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Texas_county_seats" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Texas county seats"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="County_seats_of_Texas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seats</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_Texas" title="Albany, Texas">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice,_Texas" title="Alice, Texas">Alice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine,_Texas" title="Alpine, Texas">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anahuac,_Texas" title="Anahuac, Texas">Anahuac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Texas" title="Anderson, Texas">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews,_Texas" title="Andrews, Texas">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angleton,_Texas" title="Angleton, Texas">Angleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson,_Texas" title="Anson, Texas">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_City,_Texas" title="Archer City, Texas">Archer City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspermont,_Texas" title="Aspermont, Texas">Aspermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Texas" title="Athens, Texas">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baird,_Texas" title="Baird, Texas">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballinger,_Texas" title="Ballinger, Texas">Ballinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandera,_Texas" title="Bandera, Texas">Bandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastrop,_Texas" title="Bastrop, Texas">Bastrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Texas" title="Bay City, Texas">Bay City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beeville,_Texas" title="Beeville, Texas">Beeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellville,_Texas" title="Bellville, Texas">Bellville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belton,_Texas" title="Belton, Texas">Belton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin,_Texas" title="Benjamin, Texas">Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Lake,_Texas" title="Big Lake, Texas">Big Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Spring,_Texas" title="Big Spring, Texas">Big Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boerne,_Texas" title="Boerne, Texas">Boerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonham,_Texas" title="Bonham, Texas">Bonham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Texas" title="Boston, Texas">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackettville,_Texas" title="Brackettville, Texas">Brackettville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brady,_Texas" title="Brady, Texas">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckenridge,_Texas" title="Breckenridge, Texas">Breckenridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenham,_Texas" title="Brenham, Texas">Brenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownfield,_Texas" title="Brownfield, Texas">Brownfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownwood,_Texas" title="Brownwood, Texas">Brownwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan,_Texas" title="Bryan, Texas">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet,_Texas" title="Burnet, Texas">Burnet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">C</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell,_Texas" title="Caldwell, Texas">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron,_Texas" title="Cameron, Texas">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian,_Texas" title="Canadian, Texas">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Texas" title="Canton, Texas">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon,_Texas" title="Canyon, Texas">Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrizo_Springs,_Texas" title="Carrizo Springs, Texas">Carrizo Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthage,_Texas" title="Carthage, Texas">Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center,_Texas" title="Center, Texas">Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Texas" title="Centerville, Texas">Centerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channing,_Texas" title="Channing, Texas">Channing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childress,_Texas" title="Childress, Texas">Childress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon,_Texas" title="Clarendon, Texas">Clarendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Texas" title="Clarksville, Texas">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude,_Texas" title="Claude, Texas">Claude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleburne,_Texas" title="Cleburne, Texas">Cleburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldspring,_Texas" title="Coldspring, Texas">Coldspring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman,_Texas" title="Coleman, Texas">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_City,_Texas" title="Colorado City, Texas">Colorado City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Texas" title="Columbus, Texas">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche,_Texas" title="Comanche, Texas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroe,_Texas" title="Conroe, Texas">Conroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper,_Texas" title="Cooper, Texas">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsicana,_Texas" title="Corsicana, Texas">Corsicana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotulla,_Texas" title="Cotulla, Texas">Cotulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane,_Texas" title="Crane, Texas">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett,_Texas" title="Crockett, Texas">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosbyton,_Texas" title="Crosbyton, Texas">Crosbyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowell,_Texas" title="Crowell, Texas">Crowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_City,_Texas" title="Crystal City, Texas">Crystal City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuero,_Texas" title="Cuero, Texas">Cuero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daingerfield,_Texas" title="Daingerfield, Texas">Daingerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalhart,_Texas" title="Dalhart, Texas">Dalhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Texas" title="Decatur, Texas">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Rio,_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Texas" title="Denton, Texas">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens,_Texas" title="Dickens, Texas">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmitt,_Texas" title="Dimmitt, Texas">Dimmitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumas,_Texas" title="Dumas, Texas">Dumas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">E</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Pass,_Texas" title="Eagle Pass, Texas">Eagle Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastland,_Texas" title="Eastland, Texas">Eastland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna,_Texas" title="Edna, Texas">Edna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado,_Texas" title="Eldorado, Texas">Eldorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory,_Texas" title="Emory, Texas">Emory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">F</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Texas" title="Fairfield, Texas">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falfurrias,_Texas" title="Falfurrias, Texas">Falfurrias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farwell,_Texas" title="Farwell, Texas">Farwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floresville,_Texas" title="Floresville, Texas">Floresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floydada,_Texas" title="Floydada, Texas">Floydada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Davis,_Texas" title="Fort Davis, Texas">Fort Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Stockton,_Texas" title="Fort Stockton, Texas">Fort Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Texas" title="Franklin, Texas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Texas" title="Fredericksburg, Texas">Fredericksburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">G</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gail,_Texas" title="Gail, Texas">Gail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Texas" title="Gainesville, Texas">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_Texas" title="Garden City, Texas">Garden City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatesville,_Texas" title="Gatesville, Texas">Gatesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_West,_Texas" title="George West, Texas">George West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Texas" title="Georgetown, Texas">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giddings,_Texas" title="Giddings, Texas">Giddings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmer,_Texas" title="Gilmer, Texas">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rose,_Texas" title="Glen Rose, Texas">Glen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldthwaite,_Texas" title="Goldthwaite, Texas">Goldthwaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goliad,_Texas" title="Goliad, Texas">Goliad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonzales,_Texas" title="Gonzales, Texas">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_Texas" title="Graham, Texas">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granbury,_Texas" title="Granbury, Texas">Granbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Texas" title="Greenville, Texas">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groesbeck,_Texas" title="Groesbeck, Texas">Groesbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groveton,_Texas" title="Groveton, Texas">Groveton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guthrie,_Texas" title="Guthrie, Texas">Guthrie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">H</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hallettsville,_Texas" title="Hallettsville, Texas">Hallettsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Texas" title="Hamilton, Texas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell,_Texas" title="Haskell, Texas">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebbronville,_Texas" title="Hebbronville, Texas">Hebbronville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemphill,_Texas" title="Hemphill, Texas">Hemphill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_Texas" title="Hempstead, Texas">Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Texas" title="Henderson, Texas">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrietta,_Texas" title="Henrietta, Texas">Henrietta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford,_Texas" title="Hereford, Texas">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_Texas" title="Hillsboro, Texas">Hillsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hondo,_Texas" title="Hondo, Texas">Hondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Texas" title="Huntsville, Texas">Huntsville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">J</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacksboro,_Texas" title="Jacksboro, Texas">Jacksboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper,_Texas" title="Jasper, Texas">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayton,_Texas" title="Jayton, Texas">Jayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson,_Texas" title="Jefferson, Texas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Texas" title="Johnson City, Texas">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jourdanton,_Texas" title="Jourdanton, Texas">Jourdanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junction,_Texas" title="Junction, Texas">Junction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karnes_City,_Texas" title="Karnes City, Texas">Karnes City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman,_Texas" title="Kaufman, Texas">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermit,_Texas" title="Kermit, Texas">Kermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrville,_Texas" title="Kerrville, Texas">Kerrville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsville,_Texas" title="Kingsville, 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<li><a href="/wiki/Littlefield,_Texas" title="Littlefield, Texas">Littlefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston,_Texas" title="Livingston, Texas">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano,_Texas" title="Llano, Texas">Llano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart,_Texas" title="Lockhart, Texas">Lockhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longview,_Texas" title="Longview, Texas">Longview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lufkin,_Texas" title="Lufkin, Texas">Lufkin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Texas" title="Madisonville, Texas">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marfa,_Texas" title="Marfa, Texas">Marfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin,_Texas" title="Marlin, Texas">Marlin</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Morton,_Texas" title="Morton, Texas">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Texas" title="Mount Pleasant, Texas">Mount Pleasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Texas" title="Mount Vernon, Texas">Mount Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muleshoe,_Texas" title="Muleshoe, Texas">Muleshoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">N</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nacogdoches,_Texas" title="Nacogdoches, Texas">Nacogdoches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Braunfels,_Texas" title="New Braunfels, Texas">New Braunfels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Texas" title="Newton, Texas">Newton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">O</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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title="Pearsall, Texas">Pearsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos,_Texas" title="Pecos, Texas">Pecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perryton,_Texas" title="Perryton, Texas">Perryton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_Texas" title="Pittsburg, Texas">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plains,_Texas" title="Plains, Texas">Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainview,_Texas" title="Plainview, Texas">Plainview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Lavaca,_Texas" title="Port Lavaca, Texas">Port Lavaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post,_Texas" title="Post, Texas">Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Q</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Texas" title="Quanah, Texas">Quanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quitman,_Texas" title="Quitman, Texas">Quitman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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