Omo Ranch, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = El Dorado County

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Omo Ranch is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located {{convert|12.5|mi|km|0}} south-southeast of Camino,{{California's Geographic Names|533}} at an elevation of 3612 feet (1101 m).

Omo Ranch was once a logging town with a sawmill; the mill closed in 1973.{{cite news |last=Wiley |first=Walt |date=16 Oct 1991 |title=This forest is full of memories |url=https://newspapers.com/image/625604400/?terms=%22omo+ranch%22+&match=1 |work= The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, CA |access-date=27 Dec 2023}} Today, Omo Ranch is a rural residential area with few county services. Its population in 1986 was estimated at 150.{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Marjie |date=10 Feb 1986 |title=Prospect of prison camp alarms tiny, ridgetop village |url=https://newspapers.com/image/622916198/?terms=%22omo+ranch%22+&match=1 |work= The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, CA |access-date=27 Dec 2023}}

A post office operated at Omo Ranch from 1888 to 1974. The name Omo comes from a Native American village.