Welcome to Saint Omer ...

So far, we found very little information about Saint Omer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Saint Omer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Saint Omer, please Contact Us.

Saint Omer would have been located within present day Coles County<2>.

Since we don't have the location of Saint Omer, we have used what we believe to be its closest cemetery as an estimate.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Omer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Omer: St. Omer

Time Zone: The area where Saint Omer was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Saint Omer (for example, toward Universal (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Saint Omer still existed, it would have been in the (217) area code.

Communities Also Named Saint Omer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Saint Omer - they are located in Indiana and Quebec (3).

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

Communities near Saint Omer ...

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

• Charleston
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,034 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <3>
• Mattoon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattoon
  • Mattoon is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,513 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mattoon <3>
• Paris
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris is located in Edgar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
• Arcola
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
  • Arcola is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <3>
• Casey
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
  • Casey is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casey <3>
• Martinsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Martinsville is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <3>
• Oakland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Oakland is located in Coles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <3>
• Newman
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
  • Newman is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <3>
• Kansas
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Kansas is located in Edgar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas <3>
• Westfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Westfield is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <3>

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 Saint Omer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Omer.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Omer. 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 Saint Omer.

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

Adding Saint Omer to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Saint Omer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Saint Omer post office opened in 1852.

We also found Saint Omer in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Omer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov