Homer, Indiana

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Homer, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°34′42″N85°34′39″W / 39.57833°N 85.57750°W / 39.57833; -85.57750
Country United States
State Indiana
County Rush
Township Walker
Elevation
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906 ft (276 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46146
Area code 765
GNIS feature ID2830518 [1]

Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an unincorporated community in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] Although Homer is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46146. [2]

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History

Homer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point. [3]

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. [4]

Abandoned train cars served as sleeping quarters for Rush County youth who attended the Homer workshops from the 1960s into the 1980s. This photo was snapped in 1982. Homer, Indiana train cars, 1982.jpg
Abandoned train cars served as sleeping quarters for Rush County youth who attended the Homer workshops from the 1960s into the 1980s. This photo was snapped in 1982.

Beginning in 1967, the village became the site for many workshops for Rush County youth. Elementary children through high schoolers attended summer weekend camps in drama, speech, history, woodworking, photography, fitness, and creative writing. Hundreds of children in the 1960s and into the 1980s spent part of their summers here. The boys slept in shuttered trains cars while the girls camped in a nearby barn and later in the basement of the Homer Federated Church. [5]

Geography

It lies along State Road 44, west-southwest of the city of Rushville, the county seat of Rush County. [6]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Homer, Indiana
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 669.
  4. ↑ "Rush County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rushville Republican 30 Apr 1984, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  6. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer, 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  7. ↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Marjorie Pebworth, pg. 203


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