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Welcome to Mount Hamill ...

Mount Hamill is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Hamill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Hamill: Mt. Hamill

Mount Hamill is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mount Hamill: 319

In the past, Mount Hamill was named Courtwright. and Hamill. For more information about the names of Mount Hamill, see The Names of Mount Hamill on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Mount Hamill ...

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

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 Mount Hamill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Hamill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Hamill. 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 Mount Hamill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Hamill ...

Looking for more information about Mount Hamill? 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 Mount Hamill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Hamill.

Adding Mount Hamill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Hamill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Hamill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mount Hamill post office opened in 1881.

We also found Mount Hamill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Hamill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Hamill - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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