Homewood, Kansas

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rydjord 1972, p. 44.
  2. 1 2 3 Gannett 1898, p. 112.
  3. 1 2 Blackmar 1912, p. 871.
  4. 1 2 KSHS.

Sources

38°30′53″N95°22′44″W / 38.51472°N 95.37889°W / 38.51472; -95.37889

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