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History of Odon Book

In 1981, in preparation for the Town's 100 year celebration, a group of individuals came together and dedicated hours and hours of their own time to research and document the rich history of Odon. The data came from the Knox and Daviess County Historical records, combined with cooperation of several individuals that provided information and photos. One of the many contributors was James E. Garten. Mr. Garten wrote the book "Clarksburg and Early Odon" which is housed in our Public Library. A special thanks goes out to Ursula Darlington for spending many hours and dedication of her own time in making this document available for the Town of Odon website. The entire History of Odon Book is available by downloading the PDF version by clicking here. You may need to download a FREE PDF Reader and can do so by clicking the image below.

Elected Officials

The Odon elected officials serve four year terms. The town is led by three Council Members and the Town Hall is operated by the Clerk-Treasurer.

Odon employees one Assistant Clerk-Treasurer, two full-time Police Officers, street, water and park employees.

President: John Myers

Vice-President: Keith Becthel

Council Member: Tom Noble

Clerk-Treasurer: Beth Haseman

Chief of Police: Steve Barker

Schools:

Located approximately 2 miles west of Odon, North Daviess Elementary and High School serve the northern part of Daviess County which includes Odon, Raglesville, Elnora and Plainville. read more

Park:

The Odon Park is home to the Odon Old Settlers Festival and provides endless hours of entertainment to all. Located approximately 1/2 mile south of Highway 58, the Odon Park has several softball/baseball diamonds, lighted tennis courts, skateboard ramp, the Odon Community Center, numerous picnic tables and playground equipment for all ages.

Library:

Located in downtown Odon, the Odon Library provides a variety of periodicals, cassettes and videos are available at our library. Copying and lamination services are available as well. Computer work stations with Internet access is also available. read more

Fire Department:

Odon is protected by two branches, the Madison Township Volunteer and the Odon Volunteer Fire Department. Both Departments work hand-in-hand and are equipped, trained and fully certified with state-of-the-art equipment.

Utilities:

- Water/Sewage: Odon has safe, reliable, independent water supply. Odon has the capacity for future industrial, commercial and residential customers. The Town of Odon also provides sewage treatment for residents and industry by a modern, fully certified water pollution control plant.

- Electricity: Odon is served by Duke Energy for its electricity. read more. Our rural customers are served by REMC for their electricity needs. read more

- Natural Gas: Odon is served by Midwest Natural Gas Corporation for our Natural Gas needs. read more.

- Telephone: CenturyLink serves the Odon area for it's landline telecommunications needs. read more. AT&T and Verizon are both available for your cellular needs.

- Cable: SuddenLink provides cable TV entertainment for Odon. read more

- Internet: CenturyLink, SuddenLink, RTC Communications all provide Internet service to Odon.

Emergency Services:

Emergency Services are provided by Southwest Ambulance which is located on Highway 58 in Odon. North Daviess Medical Clinic located on West Street, just off of Highway 58, serves the area with two doctors on location. The Daviess Community Hospital serves the entire Daviess County area.

Area Business's:

Odon is blessed to have such a wide variety of business that are located in Odon. Probably the most widely recognized and extremely popular is the Odon Locker which is located on Highway 58. If you have never visited the Odon Locker it would be worth your drive to make a visit. Odon is home to industrial manufacturing plants, shops, restaurants, grocery and many more.

Major Highways:

Interstate 69 will be located approximately 2 miles west of Odon and will connect Evansville to Indianapolis with future aspirations connecting Michigan to Texas. Highway 231 is located four miles east of Odon. Highway 57 is located 7 miles west of Odon. Highway 58 runs directly through Odon.