Do you know of Homestead ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Homestead. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Homestead.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Homestead, so we are uncertain whether Homestead is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Homestead would be found somewhere in Kern County, California.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Homestead ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Homestead.
There are five communities within California that are also named Homestead.
Beyond California, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Modoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [Modoc County].
- Riverside County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- The profile page for Homestead #1 [San Joaquin County]
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [San Joaquin County].
- The profile page for Homestead #2 [San Joaquin County]
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Homestead [San Joaquin County].
- Modoc County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Homestead [Shelby County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Homestead [Maricopa County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Homestead [Jefferson County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Homestead [Dearborn County].
- Iowa
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Homestead [Iowa County].
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Homestead.
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Homestead [Baltimore City].
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Homestead [Benzie County].
- Chippewa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Homestead [Chippewa County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Homestead [Sheridan County].
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Homestead [Douglas County].
- Nevada
- Storey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Homestead [Storey County].
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Homestead [Lucas County].
- Oklahoma
- Blaine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Homestead [Blaine County].
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Homestead [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Homestead [Allegheny County].
- Rhode Island
- Newport County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Homestead [Newport County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Homestead [Virginia Beach City].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
More Orphans in Kern County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kern County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Homestead could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |