Editing Omaha, Texas

{{distinguish|Omaha, Nebraska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Omaha, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[village]]
| image_skyline      = US 67 in Omaha, TX.jpg
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| image_caption      = US 67 in Omaha, Texas
| image_map          = Morris County Texas incorporated and unincorporated areas Omaha highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Morris County, Texas|Morris County]] and the state of [[Texas]].
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Morris County, Texas|Morris]]
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 3.78
| area_land_km2      = 3.76
| area_water_km2     = 0.02
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.46
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.45
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 1131
| population_density_km2 = 260.57
| population_density_sq_mi = 966.2
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
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| population_est     = 1403
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| elevation_ft       = 394
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 75571
| area_code          = [[Area codes 903 and 430|903, 430]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-54024<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Omaha''' is a city in [[Morris County, Texas|Morris County]], northeast [[Texas]], United States. The population as of the 2022 estimates was 1,403.

==History==

This area of Texas had been lightly settled under Spanish and Mexican rule. It was primarily settled after annexation by the United States by migrants from the South, many of whom arrived before the American Civil War. In that period, farmers had established cotton plantations. It was also an area of pine forests.

Omaha was first named as Morristown in 1880 by former Confederate Lieutenant Thompson Morris; it was a stop on the new St. Louis Southwestern Railway, which spurred the town's development as a trading center. The US Post Office had changed the name to Gavett. In 1886, a group of seven men from [[Randolph County, Alabama]] drew names from a hat to pick a new name; the winner, Hugh Ellis, was allowed to rename the settlement after a town in his home state, and he chose Omaha.<ref name="tsha">[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlo16 "Omaha, Texas"], ''Handbook of Texas History Online''</ref>

"By 1890 Omaha had three churches, a school, a weekly newspaper, and a population of 450." The town was incorporated in 1914. A new enterprise of raising vegetable-plant seedlings for sale developed in the area. During the twentieth century, Omaha was the site of a shipping operation that sent millions of these seedlings to destinations throughout the United States. "In 1980 it had a population of 960 and twenty-three rated businesses", reaching nearly 1,000 by the end of the 20th century.<ref name="tsha"/>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.5|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Omaha, TX |url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US4854024-omaha-tx/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}</ref> There are 966.2 people per square mile.

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
| 1890 = 219
| 1920 = 492
| 1930 = 506
| 1940 = 623
| 1950 = 735
| 1960 = 854
| 1970 = 898
| 1980 = 960
| 1990 = 833
| 2000 = 999
| 2010 = 1021
| 2020 = 1131
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1403
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2022CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US4854024-omaha-tx/|date=January 7, 2024|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=CensusReporter|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Omaha racial composition estimates as of 2022'''<ref name=":0" /><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|628
|44.8%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|490
|34.9%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|26
|1.9%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|8
|0.6%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|251
|17.9%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''936'''
|
|}
As of the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], there were 1,403 people and 492 households in the city, with an average of 2.8 persons per household.<ref name=":0" />

==Education==

The City of Omaha is served by the [[Pewitt Consolidated Independent School District]].

==Notable person==

* [[Randy Moore|Randolph E. (Randy) Moore]], a native of Omaha was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in Arlington<ref name="tsha"/>

==References==

<references />
{{notelist}}

==Further reading==

*Jean Connor, ''A Short History of Morris County'' (Daingerfield, Texas: Daingerfield Bicentennial Commission, 1975).

{{Morris County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Morris County, Texas]]