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Welcome to Omega ...

Omega is located in Forsyth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Omega, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Omega has a population of 1,230 people<2> (see below for details).

Time Zone: Omega lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Omega: (470)<3>, (678) & (770).

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Omega had an population of 1,230 people. This is an increase of 0.74% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.21% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Omega had a population of 1,221 people.

The population of Omega represents 0.01% of the total population of Georgia (which has 9,687,653 people).

With a 2010 count of 1,221 people, the population of Omega decreased 8.88% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,340 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Omega.

Communities Also Named Omega ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Omega: This one is located in Forsyth County and the other is located in Tift County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 26 communities that are also named Omega - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Omega.

Adding Omega to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Omega was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Omega post office opened in 1893.

We also found Omega on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Omega.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Omega. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Forsyth County: www.forsythco.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Omega.
<3>Of the area codes for Omega, area code (470, 678) is an overlay.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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