Homer (also Goddard or Slabtown) is an unincorporated community in central Walker Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[2] Homer was originally called Slabtown, and under the latter name had its start around 1850 when a sawmill was established at that point.

[4] Beginning in 1967, the village became the site for many workshops for Rush County youth.

Elementary children through high schoolers attended summer weekend camps in drama, speech, history, woodworking, photography, fitness, and creative writing.

The boys slept in shuttered trains cars while the girls camped in a nearby barn and later in the basement of the Homer Federated Church.