Homeland is an unincorporated community in southwest Howell County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States.[1] The community is located on U.S. Route 160, approximately four miles southwest of West Plains. Arrowhead Lakes on Spring Creek lie just to the southeast.[2]
History
A post office called Homeland was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1895.[3] Early settlers who petitioned to secure the post office named the community after their home.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Homeland, Missouri
- ↑ South Fork, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Howell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
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36°40′03″N 91°55′10″W / 36.66750°N 91.91944°W
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