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Homer Winter Reading Challenge
Join us for the Homer Winter Reading Challenge for Teens & Adults. Pick up your reading logs beginning Saturday, February 1st, read and log 4 books based on the prompts provided, and turn in completed logs by Monday, March 31st to be entered into a prize drawing for the chance to win!

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History

Homer, Ohio is known as the birthplace of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, a full 48 years before women had the right to vote.

The Homer Public Library traces its origins to January 30, 1895, when A. H. Wright, T. N. Dean and others met in the Homer Town Hall to organize a Reading Circle which they named the Homer Library Association. 

Hours

 

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

 

9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

 

Wednesday

 

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

 

Friday

 

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

 

Saturday

 

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

 

Sunday

 

Closed

Newsletter

Our current Newsletter is attached below as a PDF to download at your convenience.

 

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Services Offered

The library offers the following services:

    

Borrowing:

 

          Books

          Periodicals

          Books on Tape and CD

          Music CDs

          Movies on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Blu-Ray 3D

Historical Society

The Homer Historical Society meets at the Homer Public Library. The meetings are informal and open to the public. There is usually a discussion of local history and genealogy. Guest's questions, if any, are addressed.

Upcoming 2025 Meetings:

Friday, March 28th

Friday, April 25th

Friday, May 23rd

Friday, June 27th

Friday, August 25

About the Society

The Homer Historial Society has received donations of documents, pictures, personal scrap books, family histories and other items. All these are stored as part of the Homer Library. Many of the documents have been scanned to a searchable database. It is possible to search for a name, date or words to find a newspaper clipping or other document. Contact a librarian for help.

Victoria Claflin Woodhull

Victoria Claflin, daughter of  Buckman and Roxanna Claflin, was born in Homer, Ohio on September 23, 1838. She  ran for President of the United States in 1872. For a number of reasons the family was encouraged to leave Homer when Victoria was a youngster. She went on to live a colorful life.

The Homer Library has a number of books about the Claflins and Victoria. There is also a scrapbook of newspaper articles that have been written over the years.  There is an Ohio Historical Marker at the library honoring Victoria.

 

William Rosecrans

There is an Ohio Historical Marker at the library honoring both Civil War General and Statesman William Rosecrans and his brother Sylvester, who was the first Bishop of the diocese of Columbus.  The Rosecrans family lived in Homer during much of the brothers' growing up years.