Homewood (formerly Forest Home[1]) is a unincorporated community in Homewood Township, Franklin County, Kansas, United States.[2] In the 19th century it had a post office and a stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.[2]
History
Homewood was located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at altitude 1,039 feet (317 m) above sea level.[2] In 1900, it contained a population of about 100 inhabitants. Around this time, a number of stores operated out of the community, and it also had its own school.[3] It was the supply and shipping point for the surrounding rural area.[3]
The Homewood post office located in the community in 1877 had been the Forest Home post office earlier that year.[1][4] It closed in 1955.[4]
References
- ^ a b Rydjord 1972, p. 44.
- ^ a b c Gannett 1898, p. 112.
- ^ a b Blackmar 1912, p. 871.
- ^ a b KSHS.
Sources
- Gannett, Henry (1898). "Homewood". A Gazetteer of Kansas. Bulletin. Vol. 154. United States Geological Survey.
- Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. (Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History at the Internet Archive)
- "Kansas Post Offices, 1828–1961". Kansas State Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- Rydjord, John (1972). Kansas place-names. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-0994-7. (Kansas place-names at the Internet Archive)
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |