Odell, Arkansas Explained

Official Name:Odell
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Arkansas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Washington
Established Title:Township
Established Date:Boston
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1644
Elevation M:501
Pushpin Map:Arkansas#USA
Coordinates:35.7725°N -94.4183°W
Area Code:479
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:72919

Odell (formerly Stop) is an unincorporated community in Boston Township in southwestern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The community is one mile north of the county line and the north boundary of the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest. Evansville is four miles west-northwest on Arkansas Highway 59 adjacent to the Arkansas - Oklahoma state line.[1]

Stop first had a postmaster in 1884, one of its co-founders. The community moved from Crawford County north of the county line into Washington County in 1930.[2]

Notes and References

  1. DeLorme . Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer . Second . 30 . 2002. 0-89933-345-1.
  2. "Odell, P.O. closed about 1955, On Washington Co.Rd 295." Historic Washington County. Overview. Retrieved April 29, 2011.