Sheelytown (Omaha)

Sheelytown was a historic ethnic neighborhood in South Omaha, Nebraska, USA with populations of Irish, Polish and other first generation immigrants.

[3] The Omaha Quartermaster Depot was built just east of the community across the Union Pacific tracks.

The community was a working class and poor area, often regarded as dirty and "uncivilized" by wealthier Omahans.

[7] In the early decades of the 20th century, the community had ex-officio mayors for many years, including Nicodemus Dargaczewski, who was a close ally of political bosses "Cowboy" James Dahlman and Tom Dennison.

[8] Around the start of the 20th century, members of the Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal Church became concerned with the "lawlessness and destitute behavior" of workers in the neighborhood.