About the City:
Nestled in the North East corner of Texas lies a small town that continues to thrive after more than 115 years. Omaha Population 999, was established in the late 1870's when the St. Louis, Arkansas, and Texas railroad veered off a deer trail and developed a narrow guage railroad. The history of Omaha or Morris Town, as it was first called, is mostly legendary and records of its origin are very few. Its history dates back to January 3, 1874, and the buying of a tract of land by Thompson Morris. Before this the town was an old Indian settlement.

There is a legend that states that one of the founders of the so-called Morris Town was a drinking while traveling on a stagecoach. When the driver insisted he get off in the settlement, he stepped out, liked what he saw, and settled in that part of the country. Later he sent for his wife and family and established Morris Town. When the town got a post office, the people changed the name of Morris Town to Gavett. Several years later, the name was again changed, this time to Omaha, the name that is still used.