Homerville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in central
Homer Township,
Medina County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. It has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with the
ZIP code 44235. It lies at the intersection of
U.S. Route 224
U.S. Route 224 (US 224) is a spur of U.S. Route 24, US 24 that runs through the states of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It currently runs for from U.S. Route 24 in Indiana, US 24 in Huntington, Indiana, east to U.S. Route 422 ...
with
State Route 301.
Homerville is situated in the rural quad-county area where
Ashland,
Lorain, Medina, and
Wayne Counties meet. The economy is based largely upon agriculture, including livestock raising, dairy farming, and crop farming. Children in the Homerville area attend the schools of
Black River School District.
A post office called Homerville has been in operation since 1844. The community's name commemorates
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
, the Ancient Greek poet.
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Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Medina County, Ohio
1844 establishments in Ohio
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