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Welcome to Homewood ...

Homewood is located in York County<1>.

Homewood is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Homewood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Homewood: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Homewood ...

While we believe that this Homewood is located in York County, we know of another 2 Pennsylvania communities named Homewood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allegheny and Beaver County.

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

  • Harrisburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • York is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
  • Carlisle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Camp Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Cumberland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Steelton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lemoyne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • West York
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, 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>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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Homewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Homewood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.