Town of Homer
Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Homer had a population of 2,747. 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. The other courthouses are in St. Francisville, St. Martinville and Thibodaux.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 185743
- FIPS state
- 22
- FIPS county
- 027
- FIPS place
- 35870
- Census record name
- TOWN OF HOMER
- Mailing address
- 400 E MAIN ST, HOMER 71040