Homestead may refer to: *

Homestead (buildings) A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station. In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a sett ...

, a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses *

Homestead (unit) A survey township, sometimes called a Congressional township or just township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System, is a nominally-square area of land that is nominally six U.S. survey miles (about 9.66 km) on a side. Ea ...

, a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres *

Homestead principle The homestead principle is the principle by which one gains ownership of an unowned natural resource by performing an act of original appropriation. Appropriation could be enacted by putting an unowned resource to active use (as with using it ...

, a legal concept that one can establish ownership of unowned property through living on it *

Homestead Acts The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than of public land, or nearly 10 percent of th ...

, several United States federal laws that gave millions of acres to farmers known as ''homesteaders'' *

Homestead exemption The homestead exemption is a legal regime to protect the value of the homes of residents from property taxes, creditors, and circumstances that arise from the death of the homeowner's spouse. Such laws are found in the statutes or the constitution ...

(U.S. law), a legal program to protect the value of a residence from expenses and/or forced sale arising from the death of a spouse *

Homesteading Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use or sale. Pur ...

, a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency as practiced by a ''modern homesteader'' or ''urban homesteader''

Named places

Australia

Homestead, Queensland Homestead is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Homestead had a population of 48 people. Geography The Flinders Highway traverses from east to south-west through the localit ...

, a town and locality in the Charters Towers Region *

The Homestead (Georges Hall, NSW) The Homestead is a large, single-storey former homestead and now school at 1a Lionel Street, Georges Hall, New South Wales, Australia, built by David Johnston in 1837. It is listed on the now-defunct Australian Register of the National Estate. I ...

, historical house * "The Homestead" resort at

El Questro Wilderness Park El Questro Wilderness Park is a wilderness park on El Questro Station, a cattle station that diversified its pastoral operation to include tourism, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It remains a working cattle station with a ...

United Kingdom

* The Homestead, Sandiway, a house in Cheshire, England, now called Redwalls

United States

The Homestead (Flagstaff, Arizona) Homestead may refer to: *Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses * Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres * Homestead principle, a legal concept ...

, on the

National Register of Historic Places listings in Coconino County, Arizona __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Coconino County, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Coconino County, Arizo ...

* Homestead, Kern County, California *

Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. The population was 80,737 as of the 2020 census. Homestead is primarily a Miami sub ...

Homestead Air Reserve Base Homestead Air Reserve Base (Homestead ARB), previously known as Homestead Air Force Base (Homestead AFB) is located in Miami–Dade County, Florida to the northeast of the city of Homestead. It is home to the 482nd Fighter Wing (482 FW) of th ...

, a U.S. Air Force base near Miami, Florida :* Homestead-Miami Speedway, an auto racing track in Homestead, Florida * The Homestead (Evanston, Illinois), on the

National Register of Historic Places listings in Evanston, Illinois This is a list of the 62 National Register of Historic Places listings in Evanston, Illinois. Current listings References {{Evanston, Illinois Evanston, Illinois Evanston Ev ...

Homestead, Iowa Homestead is an unincorporated community in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It has the ZIP code 52236. Homestead is a census-designated place with the population recorded as 148 in the 2010 census. Geography Homestead is in northeastern Iowa ...

Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children is a 3,200-bed migrant children's detention center in Homestead, Florida. Until August 3, 2019, the center had been operated by Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (CHSi), which is a subsidiar ...

, in Florida * Homestead Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota *

Homestead, Missouri Homestead is a village in Ray County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 192. Geography Homestead is located at (39.363149, -94.198955). According to the ...

Homestead, New Mexico Homestead is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 47 as of the 2010 census. Geography Homestead is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; is land and ...

The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York) The Homestead is a historic house on Hudson Avenue in the village of Haverstraw, New York, United States. It is one of the oldest buildings in the village, dating to the early 19th century. Since then it has been home to a number of prominent lo ...

, listed on the NRHP in Rockland County, New York *

The Homestead (Geneseo, New York) The Homestead in Geneseo, New York is a historic house that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is also a contributing property within the Geneseo Historic District, and is described in the district's National Hist ...

, NRHP-listed, a historic house in Livingston County, New York *

The Homestead (Saranac Lake, New York) The Homestead is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1890 and is a small, two-story, wood-frame dwelling with a gambrel roof in the Colonial Revival style. It features a large octagon ...

, listed on the NRHP in Franklin County, New York *

The Homestead (Waccabuc, New York) The Homestead is a historic home located at Waccabuc, Westchester County, New York. It has five contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The main house, known as The Homestead, was built between 1820 and 1822 in the Federal style ...

, listed on the NRHP in Westchester County, New York *

The Homestead at Denison University The Homestead at Denison University (Granville, Ohio) is a student-run intentional community with a focus on environmental sustainability and voluntary simplicity. Founded in 1977 under the guiding vision of biology professor Dr. Robert W. Alrutz, ...

, a student-run intentional community in Granville, Ohio *

Homestead, Oklahoma Homestead is a small unincorporated community in northern Blaine County, Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central reg ...

Homestead, Oregon Homestead is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Homestead lies on the Snake River south of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and about north of Copperfield and Oxbow. The community was named for the ...

Homestead, Portland, Oregon Homestead is a Southwest Portland, Oregon, United States, neighborhood in the city's West Hills. The neighborhood is home to Marquam Nature Park (SW Marquam St. & Sam Jackson Park Rd.), which offers urban hiking in the form of the Marquam Trail, ...

Homestead, Pennsylvania Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Monongahela River valley southeast of downtown Pittsburgh and directly across the river from the city limit line. The borough is known for the Homestead Strike of 1892, an imp ...

* Homestead, Wisconsin *

Homestead Township, Michigan Homestead Township is a civil township of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,329 at the 2020 census. The township is situated in the center of the county. The village of Honor is located within the township on U.S. H ...

* The Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia), a luxury resort and a National Historic Landmark listed on the NRHP in Bath County, Virginia *

Homestead High School (disambiguation) Homestead High School or Homestead Senior High School is the name of several high schools in the United States: * Homestead High School (California) * Homestead Senior High School (Florida) * Homestead High School (Homestead, Pennsylvania), alma ma ...

, the name of several high schools in the United States *

, a migrant children's detention shelter in Florida

Arts and media

* "Homestead" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a 2001 episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' *''Homestead'', a 1998 novel by American writer

Rosina Lippi Rosina Lippi-Green (née Rosina Lippi; born January 14, 1956) is an American writer. She writes under the names Rosina Lippi-Green (linguistics), Rosina Lippi (literary and contemporary fiction), and Sara Donati (historical fiction). Biography ...

*''The Homestead'', an

artwork by John Steuart Curry This page explores the notable artwork by John Steuart Curry. During Curry's lifetime he was prolific in a number of mediums, including painting, mural work, and illustrations. The page captures the most notable works, alongside many of his othe ...

Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York-based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. The label was known for not paying its artists and not spending any money on promotion. History The l ...

, a record label founded in 1983 and based in New York City * Homestead Records (1920s), an American record company of the 1920s *Homestead, fictional planetary migration company,

Passengers A passenger (also abbreviated as pax) is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The ...

Other uses

Homestead (meteorite) Homestead is a L5 meteorite fallen in 1875 in Iowa, United States. History On the evening of 12 February 1875 above Iowa a brilliant Meteoroid, fireball was observed. About 100 meteorite fragments fell over a snowy countryside area from South Ama ...

, a meteorite that fell in Homestead, Iowa in 1875 *

Homestead Strike The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle in which strikers defeated private security agent ...

, an 1892 labor confrontation at the Carnegie Steel Company in