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