Near Beaver Falls in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Homewood

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2015

1. Homewood Marker

Inscription. Named by
James Wood
Early Settler
Founded
1859

Erected by Pennsylvania Department of Highways.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Keystone Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1859.

Location. 40° 48.637′ N, 80° 19.82′ W. Marker is near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is on Norwood Drive 0.2 miles south of 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beaver Falls PA 15010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

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The Homewood Iron Furnace (approx. 0.2 miles away); Homewood Junction (approx. ¼ mile away); Homewood Falls (approx. 0.3 miles away); Koppel (approx. 1.4 miles away); Beaver Falls (approx. 2.2 miles away); Geneva College (approx. 2.7 miles away); Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Company (approx. 2.8 miles away); Second Baptist Church (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beaver Falls.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2015

2. Homewood Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011

3. Homewood Marker

Before repainting by KMT Board Member Mike Wintermantel.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.