West Odessa, Texas

About West Odessa

Set in the western part of Texas, West Odessa is a small unincorporated community.

West Odessa holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 62.14 square miles.

📰 West Odessa News Today

• Harvest for Heroes festival benefits Odessa firefighters Yourbasin · Oct 8
• Man pronounced dead at scene of motorcycle collision in West Odessa newswest9.com · Sep 20
• New ECISD middle school opens in west Odessa, first outside city limits in 40 years CBS7 · Aug 11
• ‘Keeping them out of trouble’: Local couple opens West Odessa arcade to give youth a safe spot AOL.com · Oct 6
• DPS finds explosives and bomb-making materials in West Odessa CBS7 | Permian Basin, West Texas News | Midland, TX · Jul 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

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What Makes West Odessa Unique

• The only place in America named West Odessa — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Odessa (10 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in West Odessa

• Hot Spot Cafe
• Polos' — mexican
• Quetzal Cafe
• Susie's Cafe
• Texas Burger — american
• The Better Buger
• Wagon Wheel Bar-B-Que

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Meteor Crater Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in West Odessa

• Kellus Turner Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of West Odessa

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