Do you know of Fort Omaha ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fort Omaha. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fort Omaha.<1>

Our sources for Fort Omaha (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Fort Omaha other than they indicate that Fort Omaha would be found somewhere in Douglas County, Nebraska.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1896.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Omaha ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fort Omaha:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fort Omaha - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Omaha.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 31/17250   (Place Name: Fort Omaha)

County: Douglas     (FIPS State/County: 31/055)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Fort Omaha) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Douglas County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Douglas County.