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History · Hamilton

Half of Hamilton’s homes were built after 1970

Most of Hamilton was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1987 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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What stands out about Hamilton’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hamilton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamilton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Hamilton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hamilton.

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Hamilton was the first county seat of Monroe County. In 1830, Monroe County was split to form Lowndes County to the south, and the county seat of Monroe County was moved north to Aberdeen.

The community of Hamilton, also referred to as "Old Hamilton", is approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the larger community of New Hamilton, established in the late 1880s with the arrival of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hamilton, 1916 to 1987

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1916Born hereJ. W. Alexander is born here
  3. 1963Born hereDon Smith is born here
  4. 1987On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Hamilton on the map in 1987

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hamilton.

Hamilton on the 1987 USGS map1987Hamilton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hamilton.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Hamilton

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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J. W. AlexanderAmerican gospel singer, songwriter, producer, A… · b. 1916
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Don SmithAmerican football running back · b. 1963
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New HamiltonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.