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Winning two state championships, in 2004 and 2006, and was televised on ESPN's 50 States in 50 Days segment on the state of Michigan. In the early morning of May 16, 2010, the "new" Homer mills, a local landmark, burned to the ground. The fire is estimated to be the biggest fire in the town's history since the high school burned down in 1943.
The area around Homer gradually became settled by farmers, and by 1856, the village had a population of about 350 people. In 1869/70, a rail line was built through the village, and two more lines were built through Homer in the next 15 years, making the village a transportation hum for the area.
The first mill in Homer was constructed about 1837 by Leon Barney and was likely located near the location of the later Cortright- H. Van Patten Co. Mill. In the 1850s, Cornelius Cuykendall Cortright moved from New York state to Michigan , settling first in Hillsdale County, then Branch County before moving to a location near Homer. [ 3 ]
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1621 or 1622 Étienne Brûlé and his companion Roosevelt paddled up the St. Mary's River and entered Lake Superior.; 1634 Jean Nicolet, guided by the Wyandot, passed through the Straits of Mackinac and followed the southern shoreline of the Upper Peninsula, en route to find the Ho-Chunk and the imagined passage to the Pacific.
The township is in central Midland County and is bordered to the northeast by the city of Midland, the county seat.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55 km 2), of which 20.9 square miles (54 km 2) are land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), or 1.88%, are water. [1]
Current events; Random article; ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Homer Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Homer Township ...
This was the beginning of the village of Homer. In 1834, the territorial legislature divided the area into townships of 12-mile (19 km) squares 144 square miles (370 km 2). The township in lower Calhoun County was named Homer due to the influence of James Hopkins and many other settlers from Homer, Cortland County, New York.