# Homestead > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Homestead > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Homestead.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead > Source revision: 1346701747 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Homestead** may refer to: - [Homestead (building)](/source/Homestead_(building)), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses - [Nguni homestead](/source/Nguni_homestead), a cluster of houses inhabited by a single extended family, typically with a kraal attached - [Homestead (unit)](/source/Homestead_(unit)), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres - [Homestead principle](/source/Homestead_principle), a legal concept that one can establish ownership of unowned property through living on it - [Homestead Acts](/source/Homestead_Acts), several United States federal laws that gave millions of acres to farmers known as *homesteaders* - [Homestead exemption](/source/Homestead_exemption) (U.S. law), a legal program to protect the value of a residence from expenses and/or forced sale arising from the death of a spouse - [Homesteading](/source/Homesteading), a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency as practiced by a *modern homesteader* or *urban homesteader* ## Named places ### Australia - [Homestead, Queensland](/source/Homestead,_Queensland), a town and locality in the Charters Towers Region - [The Homestead (Georges Hall, NSW)](/source/The_Homestead_(Georges_Hall,_NSW)), historical house - "The Homestead" resort at [El Questro Wilderness Park](/source/El_Questro_Wilderness_Park) ### United Kingdom - [The Homestead, Sandiway](/source/The_Homestead,_Sandiway), a house in Cheshire, England, now called Redwalls ### United States - [The Homestead (Flagstaff, Arizona)](/source/The_Homestead_(Flagstaff,_Arizona)), on the [National Register of Historic Places listings in Coconino County, Arizona](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Coconino_County,_Arizona) - [Homestead, Kern County, California](/source/Homestead,_Kern_County,_California) - [Homestead, Florida](/source/Homestead,_Florida) - - [Homestead Air Reserve Base](/source/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base), a U.S. Air Force base near Miami, Florida - [Homestead–Miami Speedway](/source/Homestead%E2%80%93Miami_Speedway), an auto racing track in Homestead, Florida - [The Homestead (Evanston, Illinois)](/source/The_Homestead_(Evanston,_Illinois)), on the [National Register of Historic Places listings in Evanston, Illinois](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Evanston,_Illinois) - [Homestead, Iowa](/source/Homestead,_Iowa) - [Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children](/source/Homestead_Temporary_Shelter_for_Unaccompanied_Children), in Florida - [Homestead Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota](/source/Homestead_Township,_Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota) - [Homestead, Michigan](/source/Homestead,_Michigan), an unincorporated community - [Homestead, Missouri](/source/Homestead,_Missouri) - [Homestead, New Mexico](/source/Homestead,_New_Mexico) - [The Homestead (Haverstraw, New York)](/source/The_Homestead_(Haverstraw,_New_York)), listed on the NRHP in Rockland County, New York - [The Homestead (Geneseo, New York)](/source/The_Homestead_(Geneseo,_New_York)), NRHP-listed, a historic house in Livingston County, New York - [The Homestead (Saranac Lake, New York)](/source/The_Homestead_(Saranac_Lake,_New_York)), listed on the NRHP in Franklin County, New York - [The Homestead (Waccabuc, New York)](/source/The_Homestead_(Waccabuc,_New_York)), listed on the NRHP in Westchester County, New York - [The Homestead at Denison University](/source/The_Homestead_at_Denison_University), a student-run intentional community in Granville, Ohio - [Homestead, Oklahoma](/source/Homestead,_Oklahoma) - [Homestead, Oregon](/source/Homestead,_Oregon) - [Homestead, Portland, Oregon](/source/Homestead,_Portland,_Oregon) - [Homestead, Pennsylvania](/source/Homestead,_Pennsylvania) - [Homestead, Wisconsin](/source/Homestead,_Wisconsin) - [Homestead Township, Michigan](/source/Homestead_Township,_Michigan) - [The Homestead (Hot Springs, Virginia)](/source/The_Homestead_(Hot_Springs,_Virginia)), a luxury resort and a National Historic Landmark listed on the NRHP in Bath County, Virginia - [Homestead High School (disambiguation)](/source/Homestead_High_School_(disambiguation)), the name of several high schools in the United States - [Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children](/source/Homestead_Temporary_Shelter_for_Unaccompanied_Children), a migrant children's detention shelter in Florida ## Arts and media - ["Homestead" (*Star Trek: Voyager*)](/source/Homestead_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)), a 2001 episode of *Star Trek: Voyager* - *Homestead*, a 1998 novel by American writer [Rosina Lippi](/source/Rosina_Lippi) - *The Homestead*, an [artwork by John Steuart Curry](/source/Artwork_by_John_Steuart_Curry#Murals) - [Homestead Records](/source/Homestead_Records), a record label founded in 1983 and based in New York City - [Homestead Records (1920s)](/source/Homestead_Records_(1920s)), an American record company of the 1920s - Homestead, fictional planetary migration company, [Passengers](/source/Passengers_(2016_film)) - [*Homestead* (film)](/source/Homestead_(film)), a 2024 American post-apocalyptic drama film ## Other uses - [Homestead (meteorite)](/source/Homestead_(meteorite)), a meteorite that fell in Homestead, Iowa in 1875 - [Homestead Strike](/source/Homestead_Strike), an 1892 labor confrontation at the Carnegie Steel Company in [Homestead, Pennsylvania](/source/Homestead,_Pennsylvania) - [Homestead Technologies](/source/Homestead_Technologies), a web-hosting service based in Burlington, Massachusetts ## See also - [Old Homestead (disambiguation)](/source/Old_Homestead_(disambiguation)) - [The Homesteads (disambiguation)](/source/The_Homesteads_(disambiguation)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Homestead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead?action=history)). 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