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Hamburg’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Hamburg yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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How Hamburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hamburg.

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Hamburg was laid out around 1812 on the Zane's Trace. The community was named after the German city of Hamburg. A post office called Hamburg was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1905.

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