Welcome to Homestead ...

So far, we found very little information about Homestead. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Homestead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Homestead, please Contact Us.

Homestead would have been located within present day Baker County<2>.

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Homestead was established in 1898.

When the people of Homestead referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Homesteader<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Homestead is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Homestead was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Homestead (for example, toward New Meadows (ID)), you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Codes where Homestead was located: 541 & 458<5>

Communities Also Named Homestead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Homestead - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California (6), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Homestead ...

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

Halfway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Halfway is located in Baker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halfway <6>
Jimtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
Robinette ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robinette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
- Robinette is located in Baker County
Tamarack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamarack
- Tamarack is located in Adams County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamarack <6>
New Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- New Bridge is located in Baker County
Rubicon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Rubicon is located in Adams County (ID)
Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Baker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <6>
Fruitvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Fruitvale is located in Adams County (ID)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <6>
Sparta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in Baker County

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 Homestead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Homestead.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Homestead. 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 Homestead.

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

Adding Homestead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Homestead 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 for Homestead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

From that list, the Homestead post office opened in 1900.

We also found Homestead mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Homestead.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 Homestead, 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 Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Homestead refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Homestead may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Homestead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>	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 Homestead area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Homestead area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<9>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/