Odessa is a

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(CDP) in

Pasco County, Florida Pasco County is a County (United States), county located on the west central coast in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2024, the population of the county is 656,851, making it the tenth-most populous county in the state. Its county seat is Dade ...

, United States. The population was 3,173 at the 2000 census and more than doubled to 7,267 in

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. Northwest of

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, Odessa had been an area of open spaces, ranching, and horse properties. More recently it has seen many suburban property developments as Tampa's population expands.

History

The Odessa area was first settled in the middle 1800s by the W.M. Mobley Family who migrated from Savannah, Georgia. Odessa was named in the 1880s by Peter Demens, a Russian immigrant who developed the community through the Orange Belt Railway. Later, the railroad came through, running parallel with S.R. 54. Demens also founded

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and named both communities after places he used to go to in Russia (St. Petersburg) and Ukraine (Odesa). There was once a large

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in the area providing employment. This sawmill replaced some smaller ones and was burned in a fire in 1922.History of Odessa, Florida (Fivay.org)
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expands. Odessa was home to Tampa Bay Executive Airport until 2004.

Geography

Odessa is located at (28.183446, -82.568456). According to the

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, the Census Designated Place lies entirely in Pasco County, Florida, and has a total area of of which is land and (6.04%) is water. The USPS mailing area that uses the city of Odessa stretches into Hillsborough County and overlaps parts of Keystone, a separate CDP located entirely in Hillsborough County. This apparent overlap is due to USPS ZIP code designation only; the two CDPs do not actually overlap - no part of Odessa is truly in Hillsborough County.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,173 people, 1,181 households, and 896 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,272 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.93%

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, 0.66%

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, 0.57% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.91% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 6.81% of the population. There were 1,181 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were

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living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.04. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males. Florida orange grove

The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,864, and the median income for a family was $55,461. Males had a median income of $38,992 versus $26,818 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,548. About 3.7% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the

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, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Jay Feely *

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* Carl Nicks * Nate Pearson *

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References

External links

Trinity and Odessa Florida Information
* {{authority control Census-designated places in Pasco County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida