Omaha, Virginia

Omaha is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Omaha in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1962.[2] Omaha is derived from an Indian name meaning "upriver".[3]

gollark: Generally they don't allow redistribution of jars and stuff.
gollark: Just zipping up the mod folder makes updates hard and might cause legal issues.
gollark: Anyway, I'm not sure about easy or hard, but one thing I would like is a way to incenticize spreading out and having players specialize in some things/encouraging trading.
gollark: That'd probably never support the kind of mods we have which often poke deep into game internals.
gollark: Eeeeh no.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Omaha, Virginia
  2. "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.



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