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Welcome to Hamble ...

Hamble is located in Dickson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hamble, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Hamble is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Hamble ...

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

  • Cheap Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
  • Clarksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Oakridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
  • Dickson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Louise Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
  • Pleasant View
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashland City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
  • Coopertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Coopertown is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
  • White Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Kingston Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hamble ...

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

Adding Hamble to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hamble 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 Hamble was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hamble post office opened in 1893. The Hamble post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamble.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hamble - 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>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/