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.
NCC-18: Installed in 1932.
412 North 6th Street, Odessa, DE 19730
Related Topics: Alexander D’Hinoyossa, Appoquinimi, Cantwell’s Bridge, Edmund Cantwell, Historical Markers, Odessa