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Omaha, Georgia

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Omaha is an unincorporated town in Stewart County, Georgia, United States.

Geography

Omaha is located in the northwest corner of Stewart County near the juncture of the Chattahoochee River and Hannahatchee Creek.[1]

Florence Marina State Park is located outside of Omaha.

Coordinates are Lat: 32.14611, Lon: -85.01333.

History

Omaha was founded in the 1890s when the railroad arrived.[2]

In Ulysses

Omaha is mentioned in James Joyce's 1922 novel, Ulysses, as the fictional scene of a lynching:

Hanging over the bloody paper with Alf looking for spicy bits instead
of attending to the general public. Picture of a butting match, trying to
crack their bloody skulls, one chap going for the other with his head down
like a bull at a gate. And another one: BLACK BEAST BURNED IN OMAHA, GA.
A lot of Deadwood Dicks in slouch hats and they firing at a Sambo strung
up in a tree with his tongue out and a bonfire under him. Gob, they ought
to drown him in the sea after and electrocute and crucify him to make sure
of their job.[3]

32°08′47″N 85°00′48″W / 32.14639°N 85.01333°W / 32.14639; -85.01333