Homestead
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Homestead may refer to:
- A homestead:
- *homestead (buildings), a farm with the buildings around it.
- *homestead exemption, legal residence.
- *homestead (area), an area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²).
- homestead principle, establishing ownership of previously unowned (usually but not exclusively land) by use.
- homesteading, a lifestyle of agrarian self-sufficiency.
- Homestead Act, US legislation in 1862 that gave away millions of acres to farmers.
- Homestead is the name of at least three places in the United States of America:
- *Homestead, Florida
- *Homestead, Pennsylvania
- *Homestead, Iowa, a small community in that is one of the Amana Colonies.
- Homestead Strike, one of the most serious labor confrontations in the United States.
- Homestead Air Force Base, an U.S. Air Force base located 25-miles south of Miami, Florida, until 97% of the base was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
- Homestead High School is a senior high school in Cupertino, California
- Homestead Technologies
- Homestead Records
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