Homewood, Kansas

Homewood (formerly Forest Home^[1]) is an unincorporated community in Homewood Township, Franklin County, Kansas, United States.^[2] In the 19th century it had a post office and a stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.^[2]

History

Homewood was located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at altitude 1,039 feet (317 m) above sea level.^[2] In 1900, it contained a population of about 100 inhabitants. Around this time, a number of stores operated out of the community, and it also had its own school.^[3] It was the supply and shipping point for the surrounding rural area.^[3]

The Homewood post office located in the community in 1877 had been the Forest Home post office earlier that year.^[1][4] It closed in 1955.^[4]