This week in Homer
Nothing on Homer’s calendar for the next two weeks yet.
About Homer
Long before the town, Ton-won-tonga stood near Omaha Creek and U.S. 77. It was the principal village of the Omaha people, lived in on and off from about 1775 to 1845 and is now a National Register site just northeast of town. The village of Homer was platted in 1874 and given the name of the Greek poet. A year later, carpenter Cornelius O'Connor finished an Italianate house southeast of town with the interior woodwork he did himself in dark walnut; it is on the National Register, and the Dakota County Historical Society keeps it open in summer and by appointment. Downtown businesses line John Street, where the village hall sits at 110 John, and a welcome sign greets travelers on U.S. 75 and 77 at the east edge of town. About 532 people live in Homer today, and Homer Community Schools, home of the Knights, stands on South 3rd Street.
Along John St
- Good Roots Coffee Co. · 15 John St
- Emporium Garden Event Center · 15 John St
- Good Roots Massage & Wellness · 15 John St
- Be You T Salon · 17 John St
- K & S Service · 20 John St
- R-Bar · 21 John St
- Homer American Legion Post 97 · 22 John St
- Lauritsen Insurance Agency · 24 John St
- Homer Volunteer Fire Department · 110 John St
- Senior Citizens · 110 John St
- Homer Nebraska · 110 John St
- United States Postal Service · 113 John St
- Duane Barclay Trucking · 102 S 1st St
- Bodlak Gun Shop · 107 N 1st St
- Bonanza Bar · 109 US-77
- J & J's Pronto · 108 US-77
- Homer High School · 212 S 3rd St # 340
- Special Finds · 106 US-77