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Welcome to Hamon ...

Hamon is located

Hamon is located in Gonzales County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hamon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Hamon is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hamon: 830

Communities near Hamon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hamon ...

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

Adding Hamon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hamon post office opened in 1884. The Hamon post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamon.

Footnotes ...

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