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Homestead. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,866), Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 1913. A large Miami suburb with a growing Hispanic population, Homestead is a trade center for the redland district, known for its many varieties of citrus and other fruits and vegetables. Nearby Homestead Air Force Base was converted to a reserve base in 1994, with development slated for some of the land. The city is the gateway to Everglades National Park (see National Parks and Monuments, table) and the Florida Keys. Local attractions include several tropical gardens, a pioneer museum, a stock car racetrack, and a castlelike building furnished with coral items. A state subtropical experiment station is there, and a nuclear power plant is nearby. In 1992 a disastrous hurricane swept through S Florida, leveling much of the area, including the commercial center of Homestead. 2 Borough (1990 pop. 4,179), Allegheny co., SW Pa., on the Monongahela River just S of Pittsburgh; inc. 1880. Once a foremost U.S. steel producer, Homestead declined rapidly in the 1980s when steel companies relocated overseas. In 1892 the Homestead strike, one of the most bitterly fought industrial disputes in U.S. labor history, occurred there; the site has been redeveloped as the Waterfront, a mixed-use retail-residential complex.

See study by W. Serrin (1992).

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Wikipedia

Homestead may refer to:

Property-related

Homestead (buildings), a smallholding farm with a farmer's residence
Homestead (area), an area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²) also called a quarter-section
Homestead (small African settlement), a cluster of several single-family houses in southern Africa
Homestead Act, an 1862 United States Federal law that gave away millions of acres to farmers
Homestead exemption, a legal regime to protect the value of a residence from expenses arising from the death of a spouse
Homestead principle, a legal concept that one can establish ownership of previously unowned property through use
Homesteading, a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency

United States geographical locations

Cities, towns, townships, villages

Other

Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base, an U.S. Air Force base near Miami, Florida
Homestead-Miami Speedway, an auto racing track in Homestead, Florida
The Homestead (Geneseo), a historic house in Geneseo, New York
The Homestead, Virginia, a luxury resort in Hot Springs, Virginia
The Homestead at Denison University, a student-run intentional community in Granville, Ohio
Homestead High School, the name of several high schools in the United States

General

Homestead, a meteorite fallen in Homestead, Iowa in 1875
"Homestead" (Voyager episode), a 2001 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
Homestead (novel), a 1998 novel by American writer Rosina Lippi
Homestead Records, a record label founded in 1983 and based in New York City
Homestead Records (1920s), an American record company that flourished in the 1920s
Homestead Strike, an 1892 labor confrontation at the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania
Homestead Technologies, a web-hosting service based in Menlo Park, California