Welcome to Hamblin ...

So far, we found very little information about Hamblin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hamblin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hamblin, please Contact Us.

Hamblin would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

Hamblin was established in 1856.

Time Zone: The area where Hamblin was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Hamblin (for example, toward Caliente (NV)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Code where Hamblin was located: 435

Going back to its beginning, Hamblin was originally named Fort Hamblin. For more information about the names of Hamblin, see The Names of Hamblin on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Hamblin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hamblin - they are located in California and Montana.

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

Communities near Hamblin ...

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

• Enterprise
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Enterprise is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,970 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Enterprise
  • From Hamblin to Enterprise
• New Harmony
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • New Harmony is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Harmony <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Harmony
  • From Hamblin to New Harmony
• Hebron ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Hebron is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hebron
  • From Hamblin to Hebron
• Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
  • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mountain Meadows
  • From Hamblin to Mountain Meadows
• Pinto
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
  • Pinto is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pinto
  • From Hamblin to Pinto
• Central
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Washington County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Central
  • From Hamblin to Central
• Newcastle
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
  • Newcastle is located in Iron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newcastle
  • From Hamblin to Newcastle
• Old Irontown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
  • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
  • Old Irontown has also been known as:
  • Iron City
  • Irontown
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Old Irontown
  • From Hamblin to Old Irontown
• Little Pinto ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
  • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
  • Little Pinto has also been known as:
  • Page Ranch
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Little Pinto
  • From Hamblin to Little Pinto
• Pine Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
  • Pine Valley is located in Washington County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Valley <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pine Valley
  • From Hamblin to Pine Valley

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

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

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

Adding Hamblin to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Hamblin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Hamblin post office opened in 1875.

We also found Hamblin in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamblin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/