Homer, Kansas
Homer, Kansas | |
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 1915-1918 Railroad Map of Russell County | |
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| Coordinates: 38°52′10″N 98°47′51″W / 38.8694558°N 98.7975811°WCoordinates: 38°52′10″N 98°47′51″W / 38.8694558°N 98.7975811°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Russell |
| Founded | 1870s |
| Elevation | 1,870 ft (570 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 67665 |
| FIPS code | 20-32925 [1] |
| GNIS ID | 484730 [1] |
Homer is an ghost town[citation needed] in Russell County, Kansas, United States.[1] It lies on the border between Grant and Russell Townships.[2] Currently, there is no community at Homer, except a nearby farm house.[3]
History[edit]
Homer was once a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad.[4] A rural post office operated at the site from 1879 to 1887.[5]
Currently "Homer Rd" lays east-west along the north side of this ghost town.
Geography[edit]
Homer is located at 38°52′10″N 98°47′51″W / 38.86944°N 98.79750°W
(38.8694558, -98.7975811) at an elevation of 1,870 feet (570 m).[1] It lies approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Smoky Hill River and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of the Saline River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.[6] Homer is on U.S. Route 40 Business roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Russell, the county seat, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Interstate 70.[6]
Transportation[edit]
Homer lies immediately east of the intersection of U.S. Route 40 Business, which runs southeast–northwest, and Homer Road, an unpaved east–west county road.[6]
The Kansas Pacific (KP) Line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through Homer, parallel to the U.S. 40 business route.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Homer, Kansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "General Highway Map - Russell County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 1975. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ↑ "Google Maps Street View - Homer, KS". Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- ↑ "Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. 1918. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "General Highway Map - Russell County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
Further reading[edit]
External links[edit]
Template:Russell County, Kansas
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