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Welcome to Homewood ...

Homewood is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Homewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Homewood is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Homewood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Homewood: 251

Communities Also Named Homewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Homewood: This one is located in Monroe County and the other is located in Jefferson County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 27 communities that are also named Homewood - they are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kansas, Manitoba, Maryland (5), Mississippi, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Virginia (3), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Homewood.

Communities near Homewood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Homewood.

  • Monroeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Frisco City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Excel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Excel is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
  • Barlow Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Gainestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gainestown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainestown
  • Uriah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Goodway is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
  • Little River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Megargel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Megargel is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Homewood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Homewood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Homewood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Homewood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Homewood. See our Newspapers Page for Homewood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Homewood ...

Looking for more information about Homewood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Homewood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Homewood.

Adding Homewood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Homewood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Homewood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Homewood post office opened in 1898. The Homewood post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Homewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Homewood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/