Port Homer, Ohio

Port Homer is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

A post office called Port Homer was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1943.^[2] The community was named for Homer Wallace, the son of an early settler.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Homer, Ohio
↑ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 582.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Steubenville

Cities	Steubenville Toronto

Villages	Adena‡ Amsterdam Bergholz Bloomingdale Dillonvale Empire Irondale Mingo Junction Mount Pleasant New Alexandria Rayland Richmond Smithfield Stratton Tiltonsville Wintersville Yorkville‡

Townships	Brush Creek Cross Creek Island Creek Knox Mount Pleasant Ross Salem Saline Smithfield Springfield Steubenville Warren Wayne Wells

CDPs	Brilliant Pottery Addition

Unincorporated communities	Alikanna Annapolis Bradley Calumet Circle Green Connorville Costonia Deyarmonville Dunglen East Springfield Emerson Fairplay Fernwood Georges Run Gould Greentown Hammondsville Herrick Hopewell Knoxville Monroeville New Somerset Osage Piney Fork Port Homer Pravo Ramsey Reeds Mill Rush Run Unionport Warrenton Wolf Run Weems York

Ghost town	Elliotsville McConnelsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°32′38″N 80°38′24″W / 40.54389°N 80.64000°W / 40.54389; -80.64000

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