Omen
Smith · USGS GNIS name record 1343273
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These Census tracts have reference points near Omen. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 21.02 ↗
Smith County · TX
- Population
- 6,502
- Median home value
- $255,100
Census tract 21.01 ↗
Smith County · TX
- Population
- 5,174
- Median home value
- $158,400
Census tract 20.09 ↗
Smith County · TX
- Population
- 8,804
- Median home value
- $264,400
Census tract 22 ↗
Smith County · TX
- Population
- 7,876
- Median home value
- $278,400
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Omen ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 08/23/2013 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Platted in 1850 by Alexander Douglas, Thomas Weatherby, and Mitus White. The community thrived until the 1870s when the International and Great Northern Railroad was built and bypassed Canton. The name was changed to Omen in 1880 and became the site of the Summer Hill Select School, a highly regarded co-educational boarding school operated by A W Orr (1849-1924) of Georgia. (US-T131/2004/East Texas Research Center)
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
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SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
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