Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas City of Odessa Odessa City Hall in April 2014 Odessa City Hall in April 2014 Official seal of Odessa, Texas Location in the state of Texas Location in the state of Texas State Texas Odessa / o d s / is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Ector County, Texas, United States.
It is positioned primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the town/city extends into Midland County. Odessa's populace was 118,918 at the 2010 census making it the 29th-most crowded city in Texas; estimates as of July 2015 indicate a populace of 159,436 in the city. It is the principal town/city of the Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Ector County.
The urbane region is also a component of the larger Midland Odessa combined statistical area, which had a 2010 census populace of 278,801; a recent report from the United States Enumeration Bureau estimates that the combined populace as of July 2015 is 320,513. In 2014, Forbes periodical ranked Odessa as the third fastest-growing small town/city in the United States. 8.1.1 University of Texas of the Permian Basin 8.1.3 Odessa College Odessa is said to have been titled after Odessa, Ukraine, because of the small-town shortgrass prairie's resemblance to Ukraine's steppe landscape. Odessa was established in 1881 as a water stop and cattle-shipping point on the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Odessa became the governmental center of county of Ector County in 1891 when the county was first organized.
It was incorporated as a town/city in 1927, after petroleum was identified in Ector County on the Connell Ranch southwest of Odessa. Odessa is well known for its Kiss and Kill Murder in March 1961.
Betty Williams, an Odessa native, was murdered by Mack Herring because he claimed she begged him to.
Her body was identified in a stock pond a several miles outside Odessa.
Mack Herring was tried and acquitted for temporary insanity. In 2013, Odessa had the highest rate of violent crime in Texas, with 806.4 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants. Odessa is positioned along the southwestern edge of the Llano Estacado in West Texas.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 44.0 square miles (114 km2).
Odessa has the semiarid climate typical of West Texas.
Climate data for Odessa, Texas Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 Prosperity Bank Building is the tallest building in Odessa.
MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa includes the West Texas Events Center.
Historically, the Odessa economy has been primarily driven by the area's petroleum industry, booming and busting in response to rises and falls in the crude petroleum price.
In recent decades, town/city leaders have begun trying to decline the city's reliance on the energy trade to moderate the boom-bust cycle and precarious greater economic sustainability. The city's accomplishments to gradually diversify away from the energy trade have led to a burgeoning part for the logistics industry, using Odessa's locale along the primary road and rail links through West Texas.
Odessa is a stop on the Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor.
Odessa has also taken steps to diversify the energy it produces.
The new plant will be run by Summit Power and will be positioned near Penwell. This new plant could lead to the creation of 8,000 jobs in the area. Plans are in place for a nuclear power plant to be run in conjunction with the nuclear engineering department at University of Texas of the Permian Basin, called High-Temperature Teaching and Test Reactor.
Odessa's chief enclosed shopping mall is Music City Mall, which includes Dillards, JC Penney, Sears, Burlington Coat Factory, an indoor ice skating rink, and a tv station.
In November 2007, the town/city allowed a contract with a business that develops armaments for US Army helicopters to begin operations in Odessa.
According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Ector County Independent School District 3,413 7 City of Odessa 868 8 Odessa Regional Medical Center 816 Odessa welcome sign along Interstate 20 in Odessa opened in 1951.
The abandoned Rio Theater on North Grant Street in Odessa opened in 1947 as the Scott Theater.
First Baptist Church in downtown Odessa; pastor Byron V.
Sunset Memorial Gardens at 6801 Interstate 20 - E is one of two cemeteries in Odessa; the other, Ector County Cemetery, at 300 S Dixie Blvd.
The Midland Odessa Symphony and Chorale (MOSC) was established in 1962, and is the region's biggest orchestral organization, presenting both Pops and Masterworks concerts throughout the year.
Composed of experienced musicians from the area, as well as Lubbock, San Angelo, and other encircling cities, the MOSC is also home to three resident chamber ensembles: the Lone Star Brass, Permian Basin String Quartet, and West Texas Winds.
The Globe of the Great Southwest, positioned on the ground of Odessa College, the improve college in Odessa, features an authentic replica of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Built in 1951, the Ector Theater served as one Odessa's finest theaters until it closed.
The Odessa Jackalopes junior A ice hockey team plays its home games at Ector County Coliseum.
Ratliff Stadium, which was featured in the movie Friday Night Lights, is home to the Odessa Bronchos and the Permian Panthers.
The White-Pool House, assembled in 1887, is the earliest structure still standing in Odessa.
Stonehenge replica on ground of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa Odessa's Presidential Museum and Leadership Library, on the ground of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, is the only facility of its kind in the United States dedicated to the office of the Presidency, not any particular occupant of the Oval Office.
The exhibition was pushed to fruition by the late State Representative George "Buddy" West of Odessa.
After fighting financial hardships, the Presidential Museum closed its doors to the enhance as of 21 August 2009. In February 2010, additional financing allowed the doors to reopen, with negotiations pending for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin to take control of the exhibition. The White-Pool House east of downtown is the earliest surviving structure in Odessa.
Texon Santa Fe Depot, recently relocated to West Odessa, serves as a exhibition with respect to the old west and the barns s.
The Parker House Museum is Odessa's newest addition to the historical records of Odessa.
Odessa Meteor Crater, an impact crater 550 feet (170 m) in diameter, is positioned southwest of the city.
Odessa has a Stonehenge replica on the ground of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Odessa has a council manager government, with a town/city council of five councillors (elected from geographic districts) and a mayor (elected at-large).
The council appoints and directs other town/city officials, including the town/city manager, and sets the city's budget, taxes, and other policies. 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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Odessa District Parole Office in Odessa. The United States Postal Service operates three postal services in Odessa: Odessa, Northeast Odessa, and West Odessa. University of Texas of the Permian Basin The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) began in 1973.
UTPB was an upper level and graduate college until the Texas Legislature passed a bill in spring 1991 to allow the college to accept freshmen and sophomores.
According to the university, only 30% of company schools in the United States, and 15% of world company schools, have received AACSB accreditation.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus opened as a School of Medicine in 1979, beginning in the basement of Medical Center Hospital.
In June 1999, the Texas Tech Health Center opened as a clinic, providing increased access to major and specialized community care for the Permian Basin.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin also operates 21 WIC clinics positioned in close-by small communities.
Odessa College Entrance sign at Odessa College Odessa College is a public, two-year college based in Odessa, serving the citizens of Ector County and the Permian Basin.
The Ector County Independent School District was established in 1921, in a consolidation of seven region schools.
It administers three high schools: Permian High School, Odessa High School, and George H.
Bush New Tech Odessa.
Odessa's private schools include Latter Rain Christian School, Odessa Christian School, Permian Basin Christian School, Faith Community Christian Academy, St.
Mary's Central Catholic School, Montessori Midland School Of Odessa, Rainey School of Montessori, Sherwood Christian Academy, and Zion Christian Academy.
Odessa is also home to four charter schools: Compass Academy Charter School, Harmony Science Academy-Odessa, Embassy Academy and Richard Milburn Academy-Odessa.
Ector County Library in downtown Odessa See also: List of newspapers in Texas, List of airways broadcasts in Texas, and List of tv stations in Texas The city's chief daily journal is the Odessa American.
The jack rabbit has turn into the motif of Odessa.
Beginning in 1932, Odessa held a rodeo for roping rabbits.
The unusual rodeo ended in 1977 because of objections from the Humane Society. Many businesses and residences about Odessa display models of rabbits.
Odessa is served by Midland International Air and Space Port (ICAO code: KMAF, IATA code: MAF), which is positioned halfway between Odessa and Midland.
Schlemeyer Field (ICAO code: KODO, IATA code: ODO) is a general aviation airport positioned on Odessa's northeast side. Lewis, outgoing District 81 state representative from Odessa Jim Reese, mayor of Odessa from 1968 to 1974 Gary Watkins, county judge, state representative, state precinct judge Bissinger, and the subsequent movie (Friday Night Lights) are based on the 1988 football season of the Permian High School, one of the two high school football squads in Odessa. Many of the characters mentioned in the book still reside in Odessa (as of January 2007).
It is loosely based on the book and movie, but takes place in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas, itself partly based on Odessa.
The tru - TV reality show Black Gold is based on three petroleum wells outside of Odessa, as well as some locations in Odessa, such as the small-town Hooters restaurant. Odessa is mentioned in James A.
Michener's Texas as a town/city where "ou are more likely to be murdered ...
Odessa is used as the hometown setting for Claire Bennett and her family in Season 1 of the NBC show Heroes.
In the novel No Country for Old Men, as well as the four time Academy Award winning film adaptation by the Coen brothers, Odessa is home to the mother of Carla Jean Moss, wife of protagonist Llewelyn Moss.
Llewelyn sends Carla Jean to Odessa to stay with her mother when he learns he is being hunted by mobsters after finding $2 million.
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