Odenville, Alabama
town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States
Odenville is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1914. At the 2010 census the population was 3,585, up from 1,131 in 2000. It annexed the former town of Branchville in 2007. Odenville annexed a portion of Springville in 2015 due to Springville not running water to some of its residences.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.06 square miles (36.4 km2), all land.
Odenville is located in St. Clair County and is minutes away from the cities of Birmingham and Trussville. Highway 411 transverses the town.
“Odenville, Alabama” enters the record as town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Odenville, Alabama and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q68263. VIAF identifies the subject as 146728482. The Library of Congress control number is n93018614. Authority coordinates are 33.682, -86.399. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1914, 2010, 2000 and 2007.
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