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ODEM, TEXAS

San Patricio County, Texas Gulf Coast

27°56'52"N 97°35'3"W (27.947773, -97.584169)
Highway 77 and FM 234
SW of Sinton the county seat
20 Miles W of Corpus Christi
40 Miles N of Kingsville
Population: 2,436 Est. (2016)
2,389 (2010) 2499 (2000) 2,366 (1990)

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Odem TX - Railroad Intersection
Odem
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
History in a Pecan shell

The St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway arrived here in 1907 and the town was platted two years later. John James Welder and David Odem were the town developers. David just happened to be the county sheriff, which may or may not have influenced the naming of the town.

Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company lands had been sold and subdivided into small farms. Smaller communities of Angelita, Kaleta, Meansville, and Sharpsburg were drawn into “greater” Odem. By 1915 there were 500 residents.

Vegetable farming was the town’s initial economy. Beets, Cabbage, Onions, Radishes and Spinach were the predominant crops.

Decades later it is corn, cotton and grain sorghum that is shipped out. Many townspeople commute to Corpus Christi for work. By the late 1980s the population had increased to almost 3,000.
Odem TX - Cotton field and cotton gin
Cotton crop and gin
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
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Photographer's Note:
The cotton crop is a rarity this year with the drought. Some cotton gins in the area will not open this year and most cotton fields never developed and others plowed under when the crops burned up. - William Beauchamp, August 2009
Odem TX - Grain Elevator
Grain Elevators
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
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OdemT X - Odem School Gymnasium
Gymnasium
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
Odem TX - Odem Area Schools Historical Marker
Early Odem Area Schools Historical Marker
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
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Odem water tower
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009
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OdemT X - 1930 Butler Bldg Entrance Tiles
1930 Butler Building
Photo courtesy William Beauchamp, August 2009

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Odem, Texas Nearby Towns:
Sinton, the county seat
Odem | Rockport | Corpus Christi

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