Homestead National Monument of America
Homestead National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System known as the Homestead National Monument of America prior to 2021, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Billdorr, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: national park in the United States
- Also known as: “HOME”, “Homestead National Historical Park”, and “Homestead National Monument”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beatrice.
Beatrice
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY 2.0.
Beatrice is a city in Eastern Nebraska. A small city of about 12,000, it serves as the seat of Gage County.
Homestead National Monument of America
- Categories: National Monument of the United States, National Park System unit, and National Historical Park
- Location: Gage, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Homestead National Monument of America” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Homestead National Historical Park”
- Cebuano: “Homestead National Monument of America”
- Dutch: “Homestead National Historical Park”
- Dutch: “Homestead National Monument of America”
- French: “Homestead National Monument of America”
- French: “Monument national de Homestead”
- French: “Parc historique national de Homestead”
- German: “Homestead National Historical Park”
- German: “Homestead National Monument of America”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hoag and Glenover.
Notable Places Nearby
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