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Welcome to Hamerville ...

Hamerville is located in Buchanan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hamerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Hamerville is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hamerville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hamerville: 319

Communities near Hamerville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hamerville.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hamerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hamerville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hamerville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamerville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamerville. See our Newspapers Page for Hamerville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hamerville ...

Looking for more information about Hamerville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hamerville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hamerville.

Adding Hamerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hamerville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hamerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hamerville post office opened in 1897. The Hamerville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Buchanan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hamerville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/