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Homer 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 northern Burlington Township,
Licking County, Ohio Licking County is a County (United States), county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 178,519. Its county seat is Newark, Ohio, Newark. The county was form ...
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/ref> It lies along State Route 661 between Granville and
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. An American landmar ...
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History

Homer was laid out in 1816. The community was named after
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 ...
, an ancient Greek poet. A post office called Homer has been in operation since 1831.


Notable people

* Tennessee Claflin (born 1844), suffragist and first woman to open a Wall Street brokerage firm *
Victoria Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull (born Victoria California Claflin; September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 187 ...
(born 1838), suffragist and first female candidate for President of the United States.


References

Unincorporated communities in Licking County, Ohio 1816 establishments in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{LickingCountyOH-geo-stub