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Welcome to Hamiltons Fort ...Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hamiltons Fort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859. A typical abbreviation for Hamiltons Fort: Hamiltons Ft. (or less commonly used: Hamiltons Frt.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hamiltons Fort for more information about variations on the name of Hamiltons Fort. Hamiltons Fort is 5,560 feet [1,695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Hamiltons Fort is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Hamiltons Fort lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Hamiltons Fort (for example, toward Colorado City (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not. Hamiltons Fort is located in the (435) area code. The community of Hamiltons Fort was previously named Sidon. Before Sidon, it was named Fort Walker. Going back to its beginning, Hamiltons Fort was originally named Shirts Creek<3>. For more information about the names of Hamiltons Fort, see The Names of Hamiltons Fort on our Genealogy Page. Communities near Hamiltons Fort ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hamiltons Fort.
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 Hamiltons Fort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hamiltons Fort. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hamiltons Fort. 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 Hamiltons Fort. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamiltons Fort. See our Newspapers Page for Hamiltons Fort. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hamiltons Fort ...Looking for more information about Hamiltons Fort? 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 Hamiltons Fort, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hamiltons Fort. Adding Hamiltons Fort to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hamiltons Fort 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 Hamiltons Fort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamiltons Fort. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hamiltons Fort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Iron County: www.ironnet.org/ The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/ Footnotes ...
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