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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>.

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).

The Area Codes where Saint Omer was located: 217 & 447<3>

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)
  • Mattoon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Arcola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Casey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Martinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Newman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Kansas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Westfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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 (so far) 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. The Saint Omer post office closed in 1873.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Saint Omer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Coles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Saint Omer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Saint Omer 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/