Welcome to Hamilton ...So far, we found very little information about Hamilton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hamilton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hamilton, please Contact Us. Hamilton would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>. The pronunciation of Hamilton: HAM-il-tuhn<3> Hamilton was established in 1868. When the people of Hamilton referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Hamiltonian<4> See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hamilton for more information about variations on the name of Hamilton. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hamilton is 8,050 feet [2,454 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Hamilton is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Hamilton was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Hamilton was located: 775 Going back to its beginning, Hamilton was originally named Cave City. For more information about the names of Hamilton, see The Names of Hamilton on our Genealogy Page. Communities Also Named Hamilton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 75 communities that are also named Hamilton - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arkansas (2), California (3), Colorado (4), Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (5), Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (4), Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hamilton. Communities near Hamilton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hamilton.
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 Hamilton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hamilton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hamilton. 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 Hamilton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamilton. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hamilton. Adding Hamilton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hamilton 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 (so far) for Hamilton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamilton. Footnotes ...
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