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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>. 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). Homestead would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes. 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.
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.<8> 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 ...
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