Omar West Virginia Map

About Omar, West Virginia

Omar is a locality in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 142.8 people per km². Omar is located at 37.7557°N, 81.9996°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25638.

Omar reveals itself through the steady, insistent movement of Island Creek, which carves a narrow path through the steep, wooded terrain. It lies 44.2 miles south-southwest of St. Albans, WV (from St. Albans, WV: bearing 193°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east-northeast of Williamson. The air here holds the weight of the surrounding timber, a dense canopy of Appalachian hardwoods that shadows the lowlands and defines the horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land rises into sharp, rugged slopes, giving way to the quiet isolation of Bee Hollow just a few miles over the rise. The light at dusk settles heavy and blue against the ridges, turning the stands of oak and poplar into dark, solid silhouettes against a sky that seems to narrow as it reaches down toward the forest floor.

Omar carries the quiet industry of a landscape defined by its resources, where the remnants of coal-camp history remain etched into the social geography of the neighborhood. The economy, once tethered entirely to the extraction of what lay beneath the soil, now moves at a slower, more deliberate pace, leaving the residents to cultivate a life defined by stubborn independence and local kinship. Within the quiet perimeter of Unknown Park, the natural world reclaims the spaces left behind by heavy machinery, offering a stillness that contrasts with the echoes of a more industrial past. Life in Omar proceeds with an unforced cadence, where the daily rhythms are measured by the shifting seasons of the timber and the persistent, quiet flow of the water nearby.

About This Omar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Omar, West Virginia. Coordinates: 37.755661, -81.999568. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Omar includes the ZIP code (25638), telephone area code (304), county seat of Logan County (Logan), and school district assignment (Logan County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.