Omega, California

Omega, California
Omega
—  Former settlement  —
Omega is located in California
Omega
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°20′00″N 120°44′58″W / 39.3333333°N 120.74944°W / 39.3333333; -120.74944Coordinates: 39°20′00″N 120°44′58″W / 39.3333333°N 120.74944°W / 39.3333333; -120.74944
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada County
Elevation[1] 4,304 ft (1,312 m)
Population (1880)[2]
 – Total 50
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Omega (originally, Delerium Tremens)[3] is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Omega is located 3.25 miles (5.2 km) east-southeast of Washington.[3] The historical Omega Hydraulic Diggings were located 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the town.

The Omega post office operated from 1857 to 1891.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Omega, California
  2. ^ "Nevada County GenWeb Nevada County History". cagenweb.com. http://www.cagenweb.com/nevada/nchistory.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 
  3. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 533. ISBN 9781884995149. 
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Alta Sierra | Floriston | Graniteville | Kingvale‡ | Lake of the Pines | Lake Wildwood | North San Juan | Penn Valley | Rough and Ready | Soda Springs | Washington
Unincorporated
communities

Alta Hill | Bitney Corner | Carpenter Valley | Casey Corner | Cedar Ridge | Chicago Park | Coleman | Crystal Lake | Dew Drop | French Corral | Forest Knolls | Gaston | Gateway | Gold Flat | Higgins Corner | Hills Flat | Hinton | Hirschdale | Junction House | Kres | Lake City | Marsh Mill | Mooney Flat | Mystic | Newtown | Norden | North Bloomfield | North Columbia | Peardale | Pinecrest | Polaris | Relief | Scotts Flat | Sebastopol | Spring Hill | The Oaks | Town Talk | Union Mills | Willow Valley | Wolf | You Bet | Yuba Pass
Ghost towns

Alpha | Badger Hill | Balaklava | Bald Eagle | Baltimore Town | Bear River Pines | Bear Valley | Beckmans Flat | Birchville | Blue Tent | Boca | Boston Ravine | Brass Wire Bar | Bridgeport | Brighton House | Bronco | Buena Vista | Burckhalter | Burks Bar | Camp Spaulding | Cascade Diggings | Cedar Kress | Chalk Bluff | Champion | Cherokee | Coyoteville | Crystal Springs | Democrat | Diamond Creek | Diggers Bar | Dillon | Drum | Eagle Bird | Elida | Eureka | Excelsior | Farad | Fernley | Flood | Forest Spring | French Lake | Frenchmans Bar | Gelatt | Glenbrook | Gold Hill | Hacketville | Hobart Mills | Hunt's Hill | Iceland | Indian Springs | Jericho | Jones Bar | La Barr Meadows | Lafayette Hill | Langs | Little York | Louisa | Lowell Hill | Malakoff | Maybert | Meadow Lake | Melburn Hill | Missouri Flat | Moores Flat | Mount Zion | Mountain Well | Mountain View | Negro Flat | Ohm | Omega | Orleans Flat | Pittsburg | Pleasant Flat | Prosser | Prosser Creek | Providence | Randolph House | Rays Flat | Red Diamond | Red Dog | Remington Hill | Rose's Corral | Shands | Shelby Flat | Shellback | Six Mile House | Snow Point | Snow Tent | Spenceville | Spiritsville | Stockings Flat | Sunset View | Sweetland | Tsekankan | Union Hill | Ustoma | Virginia House | Waloupa | White Cloud | Wickes | Wilsonville | Wokodot | Woolsey Flat | Yamako | Zinc House
Footnotes

‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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