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Welcome to South Hammond ...

South Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Hammond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

A typical abbreviation for South Hammond: S. Hammond

South Hammond is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: South Hammond lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for South Hammond: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named South Hammond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named South Hammond - it's located in Indiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Hammond.

Communities near South Hammond ...

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

  • Brockville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Gouverneur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Philadelphia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Alexandria Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Theresa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Antwerp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Morristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Richville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hammond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <4>
  • North Hammond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Hammond is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hammond

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Hammond ...

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

Adding South Hammond to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South Hammond 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 South Hammond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the South Hammond post office opened in 1833. The South Hammond post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Hammond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saint Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Hammond - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the South Hammond area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the South Hammond area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/