Editing Homewood, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Homewood Falls1.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Buttermilk Falls]]
Homewood is located in northern Beaver County at {{coord|40|48|50|N|80|19|47|W|type:city}} (40.813995, −80.329852).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is entirely surrounded by the borough of [[Big Beaver, Pennsylvania|Big Beaver]]. 

The [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)|Interstate 76]]) passes through the northeast corner of the borough, with Exit 13 ([[Pennsylvania Route 18]]/Big Beaver Boulevard) located just outside the borough limits. PA-18 runs through the eastern edge of the borough.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.44|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200735488| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162036/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200735488| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Homewood borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>

The borough has a waterfall within the community, which was named Buttermilk Falls in the year 1870. The waters fall into a natural basin of solid [[sandstone]]. The town lends its name to the Homewood Formation, the sandstone rock layer which is exposed at Buttermilk Falls. The Homewood Formation is the upper member of the Pottsville Group (Wanless, 1939).

Homewood is drained by [[Clarks Run (Beaver River tributary)|Clarks Run]], which flows into the [[Beaver River (Pennsylvania)|Beaver River]] a short distance to the east.