A history of Hamilton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Hamilton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHamilton Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 8,634 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,260 to 8,634 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hamilton 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Hamilton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWheel loading chute, Ford Motor Co, 1922: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hamilton, decade by decade
LOCBackyard1935
LOCHousing along front street1935
LOCTypical frame house on hilly shore of Ohio River1935
LOCTypical frame house on hilly shore of Ohio River1935
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Backyard1935
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Backyard1935
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Backyard1935
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Backyard1935
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Backyard1935
LOCCommon hallway sink in old schoolhouse19351990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Wheel loading chute, Ford Motor Co (1922) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (11). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.