Hamilton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Hamilton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hamilton was first settled in 1877 by William Hamilton, and was later named for him when Hamilton was officially incorporated on March 19, 1891.
The town was flooded by the Skagit River in November 2021. The local post office was deemed uninhabitable due to damage from the floods and shut down despite repairs to the building. Mail and parcels bound for Hamilton are instead forwarded to the Concrete post office, located 13 miles (21 km) away, despite protests from residents. In December 2025, one of the largest floods in over 100 years caused huge evacuations. Many people of the town evacuated to Hamilton Baptist Church. The town is currently recovering.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hamilton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamilton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDamage done by flooding of the Sk…, 1896: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Hamilton
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Hamilton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Hamilton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hamilton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Birdsey D. Minkler House in Lyman, 2.9 miles away.
Hamilton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Damage done by flooding of the Skagit River to Front St., Hamilton, Washington, 1896 (1896) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.