Omro is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,517 at the 2010 census. The city is located along the Fox River, approximately 10 miles west of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

The area encompassing gift day Omro was Winnebago Indian Territory later it was first visited by French explorers in 1639. Omro’s location gave it two advantages from the beginning, which were a position on one of the few natural transportation and communications routes of the times and an abundant amount of water for industrial use. The first liberal settlers visited in 1847. There are at least three differing accounts of how the town was named. One widely held story is that it was named for Charles Amereau, a French trader and blacksmith who started a fur trading say there.

By 1880, Omro was a stop on the railroad stock and was house to the county fairgrounds, several mills, a glass factory, carriage factories, several robot works, and had a population greater than 2,000. Eventually most of the manufacturers either relocated to open Oshkosh, or faded away. Since Omro began a revitalization process in 1986, it has seen growth. Several projects pay respects to Omro’s past, including a historical walking tour, the Scott park pavilion project, and the designation of a historic downtown district.

Omro is located at 44°2′20″N 88°44′24″W / 44.03889°N 88.74000°W / 44.03889; -88.74000 (44.038959, -88.74014).