Homer, Louisiana
| Homer, Louisiana | |
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 Homer City Hall (built 1928)
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Claiborne |
| Elevation | 282 ft (86.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°47′24″N 93°03′31″W / 32.79000°N 93.05861°WCoordinates: 32°47′24″N 93°03′31″W / 32.79000°N 93.05861°W |
| Area | 4.6 sq mi (11.9 km2) |
| - land | 4.6 sq mi (12 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 3,237 (2010) |
| Density | 694.6/sq mi (268.2/km2) |
| Mayor | Danny "Roy" Lewis (D) elected December 6, 2014 |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
  Location of Homer in Louisiana
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Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. Named for the Greek poet Homer, the town was laid out around the Courthouse Square in 1850 by Frank Vaughn. The present-day brick courthouse, built in the Greek Revival style of architecture, is one of only four pre-Civil War courthouses in Louisiana still in use. The building, completed in 1860, was accepted by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury on July 20, 1861, at a cost of $12,304.36, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its courthouse, built in 1860, is one of four courthouses in Louisiana built before the Civil War that are still used today, the others are in St. Francisville, St. Martinville, and Thibodaux.
The population of Homer was 3,237 at the 2010 census.
Claiborne Parish was strongly Confederate during the Civil War. In 1863, a company of volunteers ineligible for conscription was organized in Homer to promote the war effort. Nevertheless, some Homer-area farmers hurried to Monroe during the war to trade their cotton for scarce items with the Union.
The former newspaper, the Homer Iliad, was published by Arkansas native William Jasper Blackburn during Reconstruction. Blackburn also served a year in the United States House of Representatives; as the Claiborne Parish administrative judge, a post which no longer exists; and as a member of the Louisiana State Senate.
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