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'''Homestown''' is a city in northern [[Pemiscot County, Missouri|Pemiscot County]], [[Missouri]]. It had a population of 151 at the 2010 census.
==History==
Homestown was one of the last communities to develop in Pemiscot County. In the winter of 1938-39, many [[sharecroppers]] and tenant farmers (a large portion of them African-Americans) went on strike in southeast Missouri, blocking roads and briefly paralyzing local business, as a protest against the unemployment and evictions that had come about as a result of President [[FDR|Roosevelt]]'s AAA, one of his signature [[New Deal]] programs. In the wake of this strike, the Farm Security Administration built new communities for black sharecroppers to relocate to, one of which was Homestown. Built in 1940, it was laid out in a baseball-diamond shape with eighty household lots and an open space in the center for community events (a building plan typical of the social engineering that characterized some aspects of the New Deal). The new town was originally known as South Wardell, before being changed to Homestown (when and why is unclear).
In 1945, the FSA program was shut down, at which point Homestown and several other communities were purchased by the Delmo Housing Corporation. The properties were mortgaged and gradually paid off by the residents, allowing these towns to remain in existence. The Delmo Community Center, which at times also functioned as a thrift store, library, and medical center, was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.<ref>https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/08001323.pdf</ref>
==Geography==
Homestown is located on State Route B in northern Pemiscot County, about one mile southwest of [[Wardell, Missouri|Wardell]] and eight miles northwest of [[Hayti, Missouri|Hayti]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°19’54”N 89°49’29”W.
The city lies a few miles east of the Little River, which drains much of the "Bootheel" region. It has a total land area of 0.12 square miles, and an average elevation of 269 feet. Its baseball-diamond street plan is rather unique among surviving Southeast Missouri towns.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]
==History==
Homestown was one of the last communities to develop in Pemiscot County. In the winter of 1938-39, many [[sharecroppers]] and tenant farmers (a large portion of them African-Americans) went on strike in southeast Missouri, blocking roads and briefly paralyzing local business, as a protest against the unemployment and evictions that had come about as a result of President [[FDR|Roosevelt]]'s AAA, one of his signature [[New Deal]] programs. In the wake of this strike, the Farm Security Administration built new communities for black sharecroppers to relocate to, one of which was Homestown. Built in 1940, it was laid out in a baseball-diamond shape with eighty household lots and an open space in the center for community events (a building plan typical of the social engineering that characterized some aspects of the New Deal). The new town was originally known as South Wardell, before being changed to Homestown (when and why is unclear).
In 1945, the FSA program was shut down, at which point Homestown and several other communities were purchased by the Delmo Housing Corporation. The properties were mortgaged and gradually paid off by the residents, allowing these towns to remain in existence. The Delmo Community Center, which at times also functioned as a thrift store, library, and medical center, was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.<ref>https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/08001323.pdf</ref>
==Geography==
Homestown is located on State Route B in northern Pemiscot County, about one mile southwest of [[Wardell, Missouri|Wardell]] and eight miles northwest of [[Hayti, Missouri|Hayti]]. Its exact coordinates are 36°19’54”N 89°49’29”W.
The city lies a few miles east of the Little River, which drains much of the "Bootheel" region. It has a total land area of 0.12 square miles, and an average elevation of 269 feet. Its baseball-diamond street plan is rather unique among surviving Southeast Missouri towns.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Missouri Cities and Towns]]