| 词条 | Homer, Indiana |
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|official_name = Homer, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |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 = {{coord|39|34|41|N|85|34|41|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_ft = 906 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 46146 |area_code = 765 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 436372 }}Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an unincorporated community in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] Although Homer is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46146.[3] HistoryHomer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point.[4] 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.[5] GeographyIt lies along State Road 44, west-southwest of the city of Rushville, the county seat of Rush County.[6] Its elevation is 935 feet (285 m), and it is located at {{coord|39|34|41|N|85|34|41|W|type:city}} (39.5781027, -85.5780295).[7] Notable people
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-02-25|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}} {{Rush County, Indiana}}{{RushCountyIN-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite gnis|436372|Homer, Indiana|2009-10-17}} 3. ^Zip Code Lookup 4. ^{{cite book|title=History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR669|year=1888|publisher=Eastern Indiana Publishing Company|page=669}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Rush | title=Rush County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=February 25, 2017}} 6. ^DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer, 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 46. {{ISBN|0-89933-319-2}}. 7. ^Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01. 8. ^'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Marjorie Pebworth, pg. 203 2 : Unincorporated communities in Rush County, Indiana|Unincorporated communities in Indiana |
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