Homestead

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Homestead may refer to:

• A homestead:
  • homestead (buildings), a farm with the buildings around it.
  • homestead exemption, legal residence.
  • homestead (area), an area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²).
  • homestead (small African settlement)
• homestead principle, establishing ownership of previously unowned (usually but not exclusively land) by use.
• homesteading, a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency.
• Homestead Act, US legislation in 1862 that gave away millions of acres to farmers.
• Homestead is the name of at least three places in the United States of America:
  • Homestead, Florida
  • Homestead, Pennsylvania
  • Homestead, Iowa, a small community in that is one of the Amana Colonies.
• The Homestead, Virginia, a luxury resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.
• Homestead Strike, one of the most serious labor confrontations in the United States.
• Homestead Air Force Base, an U.S. Air Force base located 25-miles south of Miami, Florida, until 97% of the base was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
• Homestead High School is the name of several high schools in the United States.
• The Homestead at Denison University (Granville, Ohio), a student-run intentional community
• Homestead Technologies
• Homestead Records
• Homestead-Miami Speedway

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