Port Homer, Ohio

Port Homer is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

A post office called Port Homer was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1943.[2] The community was named for Homer Wallace, the son of an early settler.[3]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Homer, Ohio
  2. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 582.

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