Welcome to Hamlet ...
Hamlet is located in Clatsop County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hamlet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
Hamlet is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hamlet lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hamlet: 503 & 971<3>
Communities Also Named Hamlet ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Hamlet - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Rhode Island, Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hamlet.
Communities near Hamlet ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hamlet.
- Seaside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gearhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
- Gearhart is located in Clatsop County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <4>
- Rockaway Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Manzanita
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manzanita have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
- Manzanita is located in Tillamook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 670 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manzanita <4>
- Wheeler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Wheeler is located in Tillamook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheeler <4>
- Nehalem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vinemaple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vinemaple. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
- Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
- Foss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
- Foss is located in Tillamook County
- Jewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jewell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Jewell is located in Clatsop County
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 Hamlet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hamlet.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hamlet. 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 Hamlet.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamlet. See our Newspapers Page for Hamlet.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hamlet ...
Looking for more information about Hamlet? 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 Hamlet, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hamlet.
Adding Hamlet to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hamlet 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 Hamlet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Hamlet post office opened in 1905.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamlet.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Clatsop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hamlet - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Hamlet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Hamlet 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> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |