Odessa

New Castle County · dedicated 1932 · 109 Main Street, Odessa

Indian Village Appoquinimi. Part of large grant to Alexander D’Hinoyossa, Vice-Director of New Amstel. Edmund Cantwell, second owner of tract, 1673. Village named Cantwell’s Bridge 1731. Once important grain shipping centre. Named Odessa, 1855, after Russian grain port.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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