Odessa Minnesota Map

About Odessa, Minnesota

Odessa is a locality in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 41.2 people per km². Odessa is located at 45.2597°N, 96.3289°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Odessa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56276.

Odessa emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the western plains, defined by the quiet persistence of the Minnesota River as it carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 62.1 miles north-northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 335°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-southeast of Ortonville. The earth here carries the heavy, dark richness of glacial till, stretching toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Antelope Hills that anchor the western sky. Only three miles away, the waters of Horseshoe Lake mirror the vast, pale heavens, providing a stillness that defines the local atmosphere. In the late autumn, the light turns a thin, brittle gold, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the prairie edge.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Odessa, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the movement of grain trucks and the quiet hum of machinery that marks the harvest. The proximity of the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge shapes the local character, drawing a landscape where human industry coexists with the migratory paths of waterfowl and the untamed grasses of the river valley. History is held in the stubborn endurance of the original homesteading families whose Scandinavian and agrarian roots inform the unassuming social architecture of the place. Life in Odessa moves with the steady, unadorned pace of a region that values the weight of a handshake and the quiet virtue of self-reliance amidst the deep, enduring silence of the high plains.

About This Odessa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Odessa, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.259687, -96.328943. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Odessa includes the ZIP code (56276), telephone area code (320), county seat of Big Stone County (Ortonville), and school district assignment (Ortonville Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.