Ford Museum
Downtown Homer
Claiborne Parish CourthouseCommunities
Towns:
Haynesville
Homer *
Villages:
Athens
Lisbon
Junction City
Unincorporated areas:
Summerfield
Lake Claiborne
The former Arizona community
The former Russellville community
Homer is present day parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] The town was named after the Greek poet Homer and 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 the State of Louisiana still in use today. 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 population was 3,788 at the 2000 census.
History
Claiborne Parish was strongly Confederate during the American Civil War. A statue of a Confederate soldier stands in front of the parish courthouse. In 1863, a company of volunteers ineligible for conscription was organized in Homer to promote the war effort. Nevertheless, some Homer-area farmers hurried to Monroe during the war to trade their cotton for scarce items with the Union.
See more info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer,_Louisiana
Towns:
Haynesville
Homer *
Villages:
Athens
Lisbon
Junction City
Unincorporated areas:
Summerfield
Lake Claiborne
The former Arizona community
The former Russellville community
Homer is present day parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] The town was named after the Greek poet Homer and 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 the State of Louisiana still in use today. 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 population was 3,788 at the 2000 census.
History
Claiborne Parish was strongly Confederate during the American Civil War. A statue of a Confederate soldier stands in front of the parish courthouse. In 1863, a company of volunteers ineligible for conscription was organized in Homer to promote the war effort. Nevertheless, some Homer-area farmers hurried to Monroe during the war to trade their cotton for scarce items with the Union.
See more info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer,_Louisiana
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