Joseph Wallace Oman (1864–1941) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and veteran of the Spanish–American War , the Philippine–American War , and World War I . He is a recipient of the Navy Cross . He was also the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1919 to 1921.
30-919: Oman was born in Lightstreet, Pennsylvania , 15 August 1864, the son of Henry Freas Oman and Mary Jane Shannon. He was brother to Charles Malden Oman . In 1908 he married at St. Agnes Chapel in New York City, Virginia Center Morse, daughter of William Henry Morse and Sarah Virginia Center, and granddaughter of Alexander Jenkins Center, Vice President of the Panama Railway. Joseph Wallace and Virginia had four children: Virginia (died in infancy); Joseph Wallace Jr, William Morse Oman, and Virginia Morse Oman. He died 1 July 1941 in London, England. He and his wife are buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery , Cambridge, MA. He entered
60-421: A CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that a CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on
90-650: A Rear Admiral at the time of Oman's death, and serving as commander of the Naval Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Lightstreet, Pennsylvania Lightstreet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania , United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania . The population was 1,098 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area . The CDP
120-455: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas
150-405: A wonderful feeling of gratitude, and as I walked down the hill, fragments of a march came to my mind and persisted. The ideas remained with me all afternoon, taking on shape and melody. Oman was a short, jaunty, snappy sort of fellow, and that provided me with my motif. So out of a combination of gratitude, respect, and sympathy, I went home and that night wrote him a march... it became through custom
180-519: Is east of Fishing Creek , a tributary of the Susquehanna River . Interstate 80 passes 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the community, with access from Exit 236 with PA 487. Most of the eastern section of Lightstreet is farmland, and most of the western part is a residential area. As of the census of 2000, there were 881 people, 405 households, and 255 families residing in the CDP. The population density
210-553: Is named after a street in Baltimore . Lightstreet was originally called Williamsburg . The community was laid out in 1817 by Phillip Seidle. By 1821, the community had six residents. One gristmill was built in Lightstreet in 1823. It was rebuilt in 1868 by Peter Ent. Samuel L. Bettle built another gristmill south of the first mill in 1825. A post office was built in the vicinity of the northern gristmill by Matthew McDowell. Both of
240-542: Is ranked as one of the top teams in Pennsylvania on a year to year basis. The Lightstreet baseball teams are the top feeder program to the Central Columbia High School Varsity squad. Lightstreet is located near the geographic center of Columbia County at 41°2′35″N 76°25′15″W / 41.04306°N 76.42083°W / 41.04306; -76.42083 (41.042946, -76.420829). It occupies
270-643: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in
300-455: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with
330-519: The Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of
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#1733093245572360-590: The United States Naval Academy in 1882, having been appointed a naval cadet by congressman Robert Klotz , and graduated 4th in his class of 1886. He was commissioned as an ensign in 1888 and promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade in 1896. During the Philippine–American War, he commanded the gunboat Mariveles . He was promoted to Lt. Commander in 1905, and circumnavigated in the 1907-09 Great White Fleet as navigator and executive officer of
390-738: The Atlantic Fleet Cruiser Force and Commandant of the Second Naval District in Newport RI. During the 1918-20 flu pandemic , he created "Camp Admiral Oman" on the Vanderbilt Farm outside Newport to safely quarantine a thousand sailors in open air tents. From 1919 until his retirement from the navy in 1921, Oman served as the military governor of the United States Virgin Islands . He is credited as having one of
420-477: The CDP was $ 19,071. None of the families and 6.1% of the population were living below the poverty line , including no under eighteens and 8.3% of those over 64. Census-designated place A census-designated place ( CDP ) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as
450-419: The age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.76. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.0% under
480-459: The age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 29,375, and the median income for a family was $ 50,208. Males had a median income of $ 25,417 versus $ 25,313 for females. The per capita income for
510-620: The battleship USS Rhode Island . In 1909, he was promoted to commander . He was captain of the Boston Navy Yard in 1913. In 1916-1917 he served as Supervisor, Harbor of New York . In July 1917, Captain Oman was given command of the former German ship, the SS Vaterland , now claimed by the United States . The Vaterland was in 1914 the largest passenger ship in the world, and by the war it
540-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,
570-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in
600-518: The counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along
630-788: The geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use the community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in
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#1733093245572660-399: The gristmills were run by Fishing Creek 's water power. There were also once two iron furnaces in Lightstreet. One of the furnaces was built in 1845. The community was also once home to two distilleries and a tannery . Lightstreet's name was changed to what it is now in 1844 by Marmaduke Pearce. Lightstreet is now currently home to the Lightstreet little league baseball academy which
690-543: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through
720-470: The march of all the islands' governors... It won considerable praise in the United States from bandsmen like Herbert Clarke and John Philip Sousa , and for several years it was used as the official march for commencement exercises at Howard University . Following his retirement, Oman eventually moved to London , where he died in 1941. Oman's brother Charles Malden Oman also served in the US Navy, also being
750-554: The most efficiently running of the early colonial governments and the island prospered, largely thanks to exports of rum . Alton Adams , the first black bandmaster of the U.S. Navy, wrote that his march, The Governor's Own (1921), had been inspired by Oman. Oman was... liked by all who met him [and] had recently done me a singular service by persuading the Navy Department to waive my sea duty requirement and grant me permanent appointment as bandmaster. I left Government House with
780-429: The northern part of Scott Township , and a small portion extends north into Orange Township . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.56 km ), of which 0.97 square miles (2.52 km ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ), or 1.37%, is water. Lightstreet is approximately 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Bloomsburg via Pennsylvania Route 487 , and
810-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,
840-423: Was 1,098.5 inhabitants per square mile (424.1/km ). There were 430 housing units at an average density of 536.2 per square mile (207.0/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.09% White , 0.45% Asian , 0.23% Pacific Islander , 0.11% from other races , and 0.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 405 households, out of which 22.7% had children under
870-477: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to
900-534: Was still one of the largest. Two months later, the ship was re-christened as the USS Leviathan and was used as a troop transport. During the war, USS Leviathan successfully avoided submarine patrols, despite the vessel's huge size, and managed to deliver nearly 120,000 American troops before the end of the war. Oman was awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to rear admiral in 1918. In 1918 he served as Commander of
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