Lake Odessa, Michigan 

The village of Lake Odessa is a pleasant community in southwestern Ionia County, situated on beautiful Jordan Lake. It consists primarily of small businesses along with some agriculture-related industry and food processing facilities. Lake Odessa is located midway between Lansing and Grand Rapids.

The residents of Lake Odessa have always been very proud of their beautiful park, and the public beach at Jordan Lake.  In 1991, over 400 volunteers worked feverishly for five days building the very popular Swifty's Place, in the park, a wooden playground superstructure constructed with enough lumber to build five homes. 

The Village of Lake Odessa celebrated its 100th birthday with a year-long centennial.  The historic train depot was moved to a new location to serve as a local museum, and the Village built a 300,000 gallon water tower along with a larger municipal well and iron removal plant.

Lake Odessa, along with neighboring Sunfield, Woodland, and Clarksville make up the Lakewood Public School district.