Homestead, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Oklahoma

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Blaine

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|population_total = 41

|population_density_km2 = 20.90

|population_density_sq_mi = 54.16

|timezone = Central (CST)

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

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|area_code = 580

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|blank_info = 40-35800

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|blank1_info = 2805324{{GNIS|2805324}}

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Homestead is a small unincorporated community in northern Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States. The town was platted along the Choctaw Northern Railroad (later the Rock Island) before statehood.{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70291 |title=Choctaw Northern Railroad Company|publisher=Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie), pp. 42-44|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.okng.org/clinics/Choctaw_Oklahoma_and_Gulf.pdf |title=Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company, p.14|publisher=OKNG.ORG|accessdate=March 11, 2023}} The Homestead Post Office opened January 26, 1893.Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.105. Homestead had a population of 150 residents in 1905, according to the Oklahoma Territorial Census. The town lost rail service around 1926.