Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an

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in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the

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. Although Homer is unincorporated, it has a

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, with the ZIP code of 46146.

History

Homer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point. 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. Beginning in 1967, the village became the site for many workshops for Rush County youth. Elementary children through high schoolers attended summer weekend camps in drama, speech, history, woodworking, photography, fitness, and creative writing. Hundreds of children in the 1960s and into the 1980s spent part of their summers here. The boys slept in shuttered trains cars while the girls camped in a nearby barn and later in the basement of the Homer Federated Church.

Geography

It lies along

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, west-southwest of the city of Rushville, the

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of Rush County.

Demographics

The

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delineated Homer as a

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in the 2022

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Notable people

* Marjorie Pebworth, Illinois legislator, was born in Homer.'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Marjorie Pebworth, pg. 203

References

Unincorporated communities in Rush County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{RushCountyIN-geo-stub