Editing Omak, Washington (section)

===Cityscape===
[[File:Omak, WA post office 01.jpg|thumb|right|The post office of Omak, managed by the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS)]]

Omak is a [[planned community|planned city]]. Throughout the 20th century, Ross designed what would become the city of Omak.<ref name="thirdaddition">{{cite web |url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=388&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |title=Ross's third addition to Omak, Okanogan County, Washington, (1928) |publisher=[[Washington State University]] |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=July 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712052626/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmaps&CISOPTR=388&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=316&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |title=Omak [verso], January 1, 1907 |publisher=Washington State University |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192911/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmaps&CISOPTR=316&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within a year of its establishment, the town had a central business district with a public bank and hotel supported by the local agricultural industry.<ref name="sifce" /><ref>{{cite web |author=[[Frank S. Matsura|Matsura, Frank]] |url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/matsura&CISOPTR=437&CISOBOX=1&REC=18 |title=Bart Robinson's Hotel in Omak, Washington ca. 1910 |publisher=Washington State University |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192931/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmatsura&CISOPTR=437&CISOBOX=1&REC=18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town was provided with a post office, previously known as ''Epley''. Ross founded [[Omak School District]] in 1906; soon after this its first school, Omak Schoolhouse, was built. In 1910, a meat market, hardware shop, law office, stationery and confectionery store were constructed in Downtown Omak.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Frank S. Matsura|Matsura, Frank]] |url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/matsura&CISOPTR=791&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 |title=Street Scene in Omak, Washington, 1910 |publisher=Washington State University |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192933/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmatsura&CISOPTR=791&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A steel bridge built the following year collapsed into the Okanogan River upon initial use. It was quickly rebuilt with no further problems.<ref name="stampedetown" /><ref>{{cite web |author=[[Frank S. Matsura|Matsura, Frank]] |url=http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/matsura&CISOPTR=991&CISOBOX=1&REC=8 |title=Omak Bridge Collapses, ca. 1911 |publisher=Washington State University |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192913/http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmatsura&CISOPTR=991&CISOBOX=1&REC=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city consists of a central business district and residential areas.<ref name="sifce" /><ref name="usa">{{cite news |first=Michelle |last=Hornaday |url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/hotels-omak-washington-25822.html |title=Hotels in Omak, Washington |work=[[USA Today]] |location=[[McLean, Virginia|McLean]] |access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> Downtown Omak, the central business district, is the economic center for Omak and Okanogan County. There are several functional churches in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://local.yahoo.com/WA/Omak/Government+Community/Religion+Spirituality/Churches |title=Churches in Omak, Washington |publisher=[[Yahoo! Local]] |access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> The post office in Omak{{mdash}}managed by [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS){{mdash}}is the city's only listing of the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP).<ref>{{cite web |url={{NRHP url|id=91000651}} |format=PDF |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]] |access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> The Breadline Cafe is a notable restaurant and music venue in Downtown Omak.<ref name="spi">{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Larsen |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Short-Trips-Omak-has-a-big-reputation-and-heart-1156583.php |title=Short Trips: Omak has a big reputation and heart |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=October 13, 2004 |access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=al1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5531,2147139 |title=Great jazz, big-band sounds, can be heard locally, bar none |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=February 4, 1994 |access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref> The City of Omak maintains the Omak Memorial Cemetery, comprising around 3,747 graves in a region located adjacent to [[Washington State Route 215]], having been formerly known as Okanoma Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Kim Wyman|Wyman, Kim]] |url=http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/1316 |title=Omak Memorial Cemetery |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Washington]] |access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref> The {{convert|118|acre|adj=on}} North Omak Business Park, the city's business park, is bordered by U.S. Route 97 from the east.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northomakbusinesspark.com/info.htm |title=Important Development Information |publisher=North Omak Business Park |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Aerial Photographs">{{cite web |url=http://www.northomakbusinesspark.com/aerials.htm |title=Aerial Photographs |publisher=North Omak Business Park |access-date=April 18, 2013}}</ref> The city's residential neighborhoods are encompassed by East Omak and South Omak.<ref name="sifce" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uhaul.com/Locations/Omak-WA-98841/Results/ |title=Moving Truck Rental in Omak, Washington at Mac's Tire of Omak |publisher=[[U-Haul|U-Haul International Inc]] |access-date=May 1, 2013}}</ref>