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Welcome to Saint Omer ...

Saint Omer is located in Decatur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Omer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Omer: St. Omer

Saint Omer is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Saint Omer: 812 & 930<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 Illinois 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.

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Omer ...

Looking for more information about Saint Omer? 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 Saint Omer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Omer.

Adding Saint Omer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Omer 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 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 1834. The Saint Omer post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Decatur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Omer - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Saint Omer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. 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/