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Odessa

Texas, United States
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Odessa, city, seat (1891) of Ector county and also partly in Midland county, western Texas, U.S. It lies on the southern High Plains, just southwest of Midland. The site was presumably named in 1881 by Russian railroad construction workers who noted the similarity of the prairie region to their Odessa steppe homeland. Founded in 1886, it became a rail-shipping point for livestock. After local oil discoveries in the 1920s, Odessa expanded rapidly. Located in the...

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