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Welcome to Omega ...

Omega is located in Bullock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Omega, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Omega is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Omega lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Omega (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Omega: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Omega ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Omega - they are located in Arkansas (3), California, Colorado, Georgia (2), 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.

Communities near Omega ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Omega.

  • Troy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Troy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Union Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Brundidge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Midway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Midway is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Louisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Banks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Linwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Linwood is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Perote
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Perote is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perote
  • Smuteye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Smuteye is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuteye
  • Needmore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Needmore is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Omega. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Omega.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Omega. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Omega.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Omega. See our Newspapers Page for Omega.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Omega ...

Looking for more information about Omega? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Omega, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Omega.

Adding Omega to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Omega in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Omega was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Omega post office opened in 1889. The Omega post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Omega.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bullock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Omega - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Omega area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Omega area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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