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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.

When the people of Hamiltons Fort<2> refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Hamiltonian<3>

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.<4> 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.

Area Code for Hamiltons Fort: 435

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. 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.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Hamiltons Fort post office opened in 1859.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hamiltons Fort.

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 ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>During our research we found these variations to Hamiltons Fort:
  • It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Hamiltons Fort may originally have been Hamilton's Fort. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hamiltons Fort might be written as Hamilton Fort.
  • Hamiltons Fort is also known as Hamilton Fort or Hamilton.
  • For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Hamiltons Fort.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Hamiltons Fort refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Hamiltons Fort may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hamiltons Fort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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