 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
homestead
noun
1: the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
2: land acquired from the United States public lands by filing
a record and living on and cultivating it under the
homestead law
3: dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
verb: settle land given by the government and occupy it as a
homestead
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Homestead \Home"stead\, noun [AS. h[=a]mstede.]
1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground
immediately connected with it. --Dryden.
2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers
Volga and Ural. --W. Tooke.
3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by
the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
{Homestead law}.
(a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon
owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a
homestead from attachment or sale under execution for
general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the
extent or value of the property, exist in most of the
States. Called also {homestead exemption law}.
(b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing
and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of
160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "homestead":
ancestral halls, arable land, barnyard, barton, cattle ranch,
chicken farm, chimney corner, collective farm, cotton plantation,
croft, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch,
estate, factory farm, fallow, family homestead, farm, farmery,
farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fireplace,
fireside, foyer, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange,
grassland, hacienda, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, home,
home place, home roof, home sweet home, homecroft, homefarm,
house and grounds, house and lot, household, ingle, inglenook,
ingleside, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, menage,
messuage, orchard, pasture, paternal roof, pen, place, plantation,
poultry farm, ranch, rancheria, rancho, roof, rooftree, sheep farm,
station, steading, stock farm, toft, truck farm
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Homestead, FL (city, FIPS 32275)
Location: 25.46189 N, 80.45421 W
Population (1990): 26866 (10775 housing units)
Area: 30.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33030, 33031, 33033, 33035
Homestead, IA
Zip code(s): 52236
Homestead, MO (village, FIPS 32806)
Location: 39.35971 N, 94.20189 W
Population (1990): 177 (76 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Homestead, MT
Zip code(s): 59242
Homestead, PA (borough, FIPS 35424)
Location: 40.40675 N, 79.90980 W
Population (1990): 4179 (2370 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homestead, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000): 181
Housing Units (2000): 76
Land area (2000): 0.189633 sq. miles (0.491146 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.189633 sq. miles (0.491146 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32806
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.363149 N, 94.198955 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homestead, MO
Homestead
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homestead, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 31909
Housing Units (2000): 11162
Land area (2000): 14.283740 sq. miles (36.994714 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.093439 sq. miles (0.242005 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.377179 sq. miles (37.236719 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32275
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 25.471190 N, 80.468122 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 33030 33031 33033 33035
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homestead, FL
Homestead
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Homestead, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 3569
Housing Units (2000): 2071
Land area (2000): 0.568171 sq. miles (1.471555 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.066692 sq. miles (0.172731 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.634863 sq. miles (1.644286 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35424
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.405069 N, 79.907785 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Homestead, PA
Homestead
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