The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHammett is an unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hammett had a population of 332. Hammett is located along Interstate 84 Business and Idaho State Highway 78, about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) west of Glenns Ferry. Hammett has a post office with ZIP Code 83627.
Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hammett yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hammett’s history is told.
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Hammett, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Hammett is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hammett has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Our Lady of Limerick Catholic Church in Glenns Ferry, 8.4 miles away.
Hammett and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.