HOMEWOOD

NAME: Homewood
COUNTY: Franklin
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Normal Kansas climate
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any
COMMENTS: From Ottawa, take US 50 southwest to Haskell Road, go west 1 mile to Idaho Road, then south 1/2 mile.
REMAINS: A few houses and a school
The area to the west of Homewood was the little settlement of Middleton. The community appeared on some maps of the Kansas Territory in the 1850's, but disappeared before the Civil War. Submitted by: Amanda Poe

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