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Welcome to Omar ...

Omar is located in the Thousand Islands and Saint Lawrence River/Seaway region.

Omar is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Omar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

Omar is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Omar: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Omar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Omar - they are located in Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Omar ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Omar ...

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

Adding Omar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Omar 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 for Omar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Omar post office opened in 1840.

We also found Omar in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Omar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Omar - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Omar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Omar 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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