List of New Deal Homestead and Resettlement Communities

From either the Division of Subsistence Homesteads, Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Resettlement Administration agencies.  

                                               

Note: Most of the statistics in this list were compiled from U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee of the Committees on Agriculture, Hearings on the Farm Security Administration, 78^th Congress., 1^st Sess., 1943-1944, pp.1118-1127. The three Green towns are not included on this list.

Name                                        Location                                       Unit            Type

Arthurdale	Reedsville, WV	165	Stranded community
Cumberland Homesteads	Crossville, TN	262	Stranded community
Tygart Valley Homesteads	Elkins, WV	195	Stranded community
Westmoreland Homesteads	Greensburg, PA	255	Stranded community
Penderlea Homesteads	Fender Co., NC	195	Co-op  industrial
Piedmont Homesteads	Jasper Co., GA	50	Farm community
Richton Homesteads	Richton, MS	26	Farm community
Shenandoah Homesteads	Five counties in VA	160	Farm community
Cahaba (Trussville Homesteads)	Near Birmingham, AL	287	Resettlement com.(7)
Austin Homestead	Austin, MN	44	Industrial
Bankhead Farms	Jasper, AL	100	Industrial
Beauxart Gardens	Beaumont, TX	50	Industrial
Dalworthington Gardens	Arlington, TX	79	Industrial
Dayton Homesteads	Dayton, OH	35	Industrial
Decatur Homesteads	Decatur, IN	48	Industrial
Duluth Homesteads	Duluth, MN	84	Industrial
El Monte Homesteads	El Monte, CA	100	Industrial
Granger Homesteads	Granger, IA	50	Industrial
Greenwood Homesteads	Near Birmingham, AL	83	Industrial
Hattiesburg Homesteads	Hattiesburg, MS	24	Industrial
Houston Gardens	Houston, TX	100	Industrial
Lake County Homesteads	Chicago, IL	53	Industrial
Longview Homesteads	Longview, WA	60	Industrial
Magnolia Homesteads	Meridian, MS	25	Industrial
McComb Homesteads	McComb, MS	20	Industrial
Mount Olive Homesteads	Near Birmingham, AL	75	Industrial
Palmer Homestead	Matanuska Valley, AK	203	Industrial
Palmerdale Homesteads	Near Birmingtham, AL	102	Industrial
Phoenix Homesteads	Phoenix, AZ	25	Industrial
San Fernando Homesteads	Reseda, CA	40	Industrial
Three Rivers Gardens	Three Rivers, TX	50	Industrial
Tupelo Homesteads	Tupelo, MS	35	Industrial
Wichita Gardens	Wichita Falls, TX	62	Industrial
Aberdeen Gardens	Newport News, VA	159	Garden city For Negroes
Dyess Colony	Mississippi Co. Ark	275	Farm community
Cherry Lake Farms	Near Madison, FL	133	Farm & rural com.
Pine Mountain Valley	Harris Co., G	205	Farm & rural com.
Burlington Project	Burlington, ND	35	Stranded community
Red House	Red House, WV	150	Stranded community
Albert Lea Homesteads	Albert Lee, MN	14	Industrial
Arizona Part-time Farms	Phoenix, AZ	91	Industrial
Fairbury Farmsteads	Jefferson Co., NB	11	Farm village
Fall City Farmsteads	Richardson Co., NB	10	Farm village
Grand Island Farmsteads	Hall Co., NB	10	Farm village
Kearney Homesteads	Buffalo Co., NB	10	Farm village
Loup City Farmsteads	Sherman Co., NB	11	Farm village
Scottsbluff Farmsteads	Scotts Bluff Co., NB	23	Farm village
Sioux Falls Farms	Minnehaha Co., SD	14	Farm village
South Sioux City Farmsteads	Dakota Co., NB	22	Farm village
Two Rivers Farmsteads	Douglas & Saunders,Co. NB	40	Farm village
Woodlake Community	Wood Co., TX	101	Farm village
Ashwood Plantation	Lee Co., SC	161	Farm community
Bosque Farms	Valencia Co.,NM	42	Farm community
Chicot Farms	Chicot & Drew Co.,AK	85	Farm community
Irwinville	Irwin Co.,GA	103	Farm community
Roanoke Farms	Halifax Co., NC	294	Farm community
Ropesville Farms	Hockley Co., TX	76	Farm community
Scuppernong Farms	Tyrrell & Washington Counties, NC	127	Farm community
Skyline Farms	Jackson Co., AL	181	Farm community
St. Francis River Farms	Poinsett Co., AK	86	Farm community
Wichita Valley Farms	Wichita Co., TX	91	Farm community
Wolf Creek	Grady Co., GA	24	Farm community

Farm Home Administration Mortgages (FHA):

            In the 1930’s prior to World War II, the major source of receiving home mortgages for middle to upper income families was through the FHA.  A basic two bedroom home for middle class Americans was obtained through a 30 year loan of  approximately $3,600. Many of America’s citizens in their seventies and eighties today grew up in these houses and may remember the family burning that mortgage document in the 1960’s when the house was finally paid off.  Some of these houses were even ordered from Sears and the parts for a complete house were shipped to the site for installation.  If and when you ever find an old Sears catalog, look and see if your family’s home was in it. 

All in all, from the White House to a more basic house, all benefited at home from the New Deal.