Homer, Indiana

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Homer, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Homer is located in Indiana
Homer
Homer
Coordinates: 39°34′41″N 85°34′41″W / 39.57806°N 85.57806°W / 39.57806; -85.57806Coordinates: 39°34′41″N 85°34′41″W / 39.57806°N 85.57806°W / 39.57806; -85.57806
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyRush
TownshipWalker
Elevation
[1]
906 ft (276 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46146
Area code(s)765
GNIS feature ID436372

Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an unincorporated community in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] Although Homer is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46146.[3]

History[]

Homer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point.[4]

A post office was established under the name Goddard in 1840 and was discontinued in 1852. Another post office with the name Homer ran from 1854 to 2000.[5]

Geography[]

It lies along State Road 44, west-southwest of the city of Rushville, the county seat of Rush County.[6] Its elevation is 935 feet (285 m), and it is located at

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39°34′41″N 85°34′41″W / 39.57806°N 85.57806°W / 39.57806; -85.57806 (39.5781027, -85.5780295).[7]

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. ^ "Homer, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 669.
  5. ^ "Rush County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  6. ^ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer, 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
  7. ^ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01.
  8. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Marjorie Pebworth, pg. 203



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