Homer, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Homer, Indiana
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Homer
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Rush
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Walker
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:39.5783°N -85.5775°W
Elevation Ft:906
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46146
Area Code:765
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2830518

Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an unincorporated community in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Although Homer is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46146.[1]

History

Homer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point.[2]

A post office was established under the name Goddard in 1840 and was discontinued in 1852. Another post office with the name Homer ran from 1854 to 2000.[3] Beginning in 1967, the village became the site for many workshops for Rush County youth. Elementary children through high schoolers attended summer weekend camps in drama, speech, history, woodworking, photography, fitness, and creative writing. Hundreds of children in the 1960s and into the 1980s spent part of their summers here. The boys slept in shuttered trains cars while the girls camped in a nearby barn and later in the basement of the Homer Federated Church.[4]

Geography

It lies along State Road 44, west-southwest of the city of Rushville, the county seat of Rush County.[5]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=46146 Zip Code Lookup
  2. Book: History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc.. 1888. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 669.
  3. Web site: Rush County . Jim Forte Postal History . February 25, 2017.
  4. Web site: Rushville Republican 30 Apr 1984, page 1 . 2024-01-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
  5. DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer, 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. .
  6. 'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Marjorie Pebworth, pg. 203