Odessa Missouri Sanborn Fire Insurance Map January 1894 p. 1.

ID: 96 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company ~ Date: January 1894

This file appears in: Brief history of Odessa Missouri

This file appears in: Brief history of Odessa Missouri

Brief history of Odessa Missouri

By University of Central Missouri History program Paxton Stover

Odessa was founded in 1878 when the town's first inhabitants moved into the region. These settlers were primarily Eastern Europeans who had moved to the United States. The town was named after the Ukranian city of Odessa. The first post office…