Omaha, Texas
village
US 67 in Omaha, Texas
Location in Morris County and the state of Texas.
Coordinates: 33°10′56″N 94°44′52″W / 33.18222°N 94.74778°W / 33.18222; -94.74778
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Morris
Area [1]
• Total	1.46 sq mi (3.78 km2)
• Land	1.45 sq mi (3.76 km2)
• Water	0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation [2]	394 ft (120 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	936
• Estimate  (2022)[3]	1,403
• Density	674.9/sq mi (260.57/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	75571
Area codes	903, 430
FIPS code	48-54024[4]
GNIS feature ID	2411319[2]

Omaha is a city in Morris County, northeast Texas, United States. The population as of the 2022 estimates was 1,403.

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.^[5]

"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.^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all land.^[6] There are 966.2 people per square mile.

As of the 2020 census, Omaha had a population of 936. The median age was 42.4 years. 23.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 85.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 80.9 males age 18 and over.^[8]

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.^[9]

There were 404 households in Omaha, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 39.6% were married-couple households, 17.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 40.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[8]

There were 450 housing units, of which 10.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.9%.^[8]

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.^[6]

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

• Randolph E. (Randy) Moore, a native of Omaha was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in Arlington^[5]

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