Hamilton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hamilton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Hamilton was named by John M. Coburn, after Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
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Start 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 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewConcordia Mills: 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
2000
unknown1 item
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 Mindoro Cut in Farmington, 2 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 Concordia Mills and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.