Hometown, HomeTown, or Home Town may refer to: *A hometown, the town where someone lives or the town that they come from, typically their

place of birth The place of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person. Practice regarding whether this place should be a cou ...

. *In developing nations particularly:

native place Someone's native place is a concept of specific rural settlement origin particularly found in rapidly urbanizing societies. This in Asia and elsewhere may be linked to the rural home of grandparents and ancestors of first and second or third generat ...

, village of origin in newly urbanized societies.

Film and television

* ''Hometown'' (film), a 1983 Japanese film * ''Hometown'' (American TV series), a 1985 American comedy-drama adapted from the 1983 film ''The Big Chill'' * ''Home Town'' (TV series), an American home-renovation series * ''Hometown'' (South Korean TV series), a 2021 television series

Music

Groups

HomeTown (band) HomeTown was a six-piece Irish boy band, formed and managed by Louis Walsh. They were signed to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment UK. The vocal group is made up of singers from Ireland, with Walsh auditioning a thousand sin ...

, a 2010s Irish boy band *

The Hometown Band The Hometown Band was a Canadian folk music group. They are best known as the backup band for Valdy. History The Hometown Band was founded in 1975 by Claire Lawrence, a former member of The Collectors and Chilliwack, as the back-up group for C ...

, a 1970s Canadian band

Albums

* ''

Hometown! ''Hometown!'' is a live album by The Dubliners recorded and released in 1972. Its release was short-lived because "Raglan Road" was split across both sides of the original LP. Recorded at the National Stadium in Dublin, it featured the original ...

'', by the Dubliners, 1972 * ''Hometown'' (Asian Kung-Fu Generation album) or the title song, 2018 * ''HomeTown'' (HomeTown album), 2015 * ''Hometown'' (Hush album), 1998 * ''Hometown'' (Ten Second Epic album), 2009 * ''

Hometowns ''Hometowns'' is the debut album by Canadian indie rock band The Rural Alberta Advantage. Originally released independently in early 2008, the album gained international exposure when the band was selected as eMusic's featured artist of the mont ...

'', by the Rural Alberta Advantage, 2008

Songs

* "Home Town" (song), by Joe Jackson, 1986 * "Hometown" (Sheppard song), 2018 * "Hometown", by Andy Burrows from ''

Company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...

'', 2012 * "Hometown", by Cleopatrick from ''

The Boys Boys are young male humans. Boys or The Boys may also refer to: Film and television Films * ''The Boys'' (1962 British film), a courtroom drama by Sidney J. Furie * ''The Boys'' (1962 Finnish film), a war drama by Mikko Niskanen * ''Boys'' ( ...

'', 2018 * "Hometown", by Diplo from '' Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil'', 2020 * "Hometown", by Kane Brown from ''

Kane Brown Kane Allen Brown (born October 21, 1993) is an American singer. Brown first came to the attention of the public through social media. He released his first EP, titled '' Closer'', in June 2015, and followed it with a new single, " Used to Love ...

'', 2016 * "Hometown", by

Miss Kittin Caroline Hervé (born 1973), known professionally as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles " 1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked ...

and

The Hacker ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

, 2007 * "Hometown", by Neffex, 2017 * "Hometown", by

Sea Girls Sea Girls are an English indie rock band formed in London in 2015, comprising four members: Henry Camamile (vocals, guitar), Rory Young (lead guitar), Andrew Dawson (bass), and Oli Khan (drums). The band are known for their indie anthems and e ...

, 2021 * "Hometown", by Twenty One Pilots from ''

Blurryface ''Blurryface'' (stylized as ') is the fourth studio album by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots. It was released on May 17, 2015, through Fueled by Ramen. The album is primarily an alternative hip hop, electropop, indie pop, and reggae album ...

'', 2015

Places

Hometown, Illinois Hometown is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,343 at the 2020 census. History Joseph E. Merrion developed inexpensive duplex houses in Hometown after World War II, targeting former GIs and their families. Hom ...

, US *

Hometown, Pennsylvania Hometown is a village (a neighborhood, and now a census-designated place (CDP) once having a post office) in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States that sits astride a crossing point between important transportation corrid ...

, US *

Hometown, West Virginia Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) located along the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62 in Putnam County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States ...

, US

Other uses

AOL Hometown AOL Hometown was a web hosting service offered by AOL. It offered 12 megabytes of server space for AOL subscribers to publish their own websites, and included a 10-step form-driven page creator called ''1-2-3 Publish'' and a WYSIWYG online webs ...

, a defunct web-hosting service * HomeTown, an Indian furniture retailer owned by

Future Group Future Group is an Indian conglomerate, founded by Kishore Biyani and based in Mumbai. The company is known in Indian retail and fashion sectors, operating supermarket chains Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar, lifestyle stores Brand Factory and Centra ...