Omar, Delaware

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Omar, Delaware
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Intersection of Delaware Route 20 and Omar Road in Omar
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Omar, Delaware
Omar, Delaware (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°31′38″N75°11′59″W / 38.52722°N 75.19972°W / 38.52722; -75.19972
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID216170 [1]

Omar is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, located at the crossroads of Delaware Route 20 (Armory Road/Pyle Center Road) and Sussex County Road 54 (Omar Road) and between the towns of Dagsboro and Roxana. [1]

Omar was a post village. [2]

The Baltimore Mills Historic Archaeological Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Omar". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Gannett, Henry (1904), A Gazetteer of Delaware (Issue 230 of Geological Survey bulletin), U.S. Government Printing Office
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.