Homewood, Kansas

Homewood is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.

History

Homewood was located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. In 1900, it contained a population of about 100 inhabitants. Around this time, a number of stores operated out of the small town, and it also had its own school.[1]

The Homewood post office closed in 1955.[2]

Geography

Homewood has an elevation of 1,060 feet (320 m).[3]

References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 871.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. "Franklin County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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