Welcome to Home ...
So far, we found very little information about Home. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Home to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Home, please Contact Us.
Home would have been located within present day Malheur County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Home is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Home is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Home was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Home was located: 541 & 458<4>
Communities Also Named Home ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Home - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Washington and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Home.
Communities near Home ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Home.
- Ontario
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Payette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fruitland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Weiser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <5>
- Nyssa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jamieson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Washoe is located in Payette County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
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 Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Home.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Home. 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 Home.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Home. See our Newspapers Page for Home.
Adding Home to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Home in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Home post office opened in 1878. The Home post office closed in 1880.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Home.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Malheur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Home area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Home area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |