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Do you know of Hamrick ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hamrick. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hamrick.<1>

Our sources for Hamrick (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hamrick other than they indicate that Hamrick would be found somewhere in Putnam County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Hamrick ...

We found two communities that share the name Hamrick.

Within Indiana, the name Hamrick is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hamrick [Yancey County].
    • Texas
      • Coleman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hamrick [Coleman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hamrick ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hamrick:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hamrick - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Putnam County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Putnam County.

Cairo 
 Little Walnut
Darwin 
 Mount Washington
Farrowtown 
FernNicholsonville
Fort RedNorthwood
  
GreenbriarOakalla
Greencastle Junction 
Grubbs MillsSwanksville
  
Hoosier HighlandsThomas Lake
Horntown 
 Wheaton
Indian Village 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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