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Hamlet, Indiana
Hamlet is a town in Davis and Oregon Townships, Starke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hamlet had a population of 773.
Hamlet was laid out in 1863 by John Hamlet, for whom the town is named. A post office was established in 1864, and Hamlet was incorporated in 1896.
Two railroad lines existed in Hamlet: the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago (Pennsylvania), built in 1856, and the Chicago, Indiana, and Southern (New York Central), also known as the Kankakee Belt. In 1968, these two railroads merged to become the Penn Central Railroad. In 1976, Penn Central, along with several other languishing eastern railroads, were in bankruptcy, and was part of the Federal Government's takeover, creating Conrail. Both rail lines continued to see heavy use until the late 1970s under Conrail. By the early 1980s, the Kankakee Belt had been abandoned and removed, and the former Pennsylvania mainline's traffic had dropped dramatically, due to redundant east/west Conrail lines. Today, what remains of the former Pennsylvania mainline is operated by the Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad, which services Hamlet's large CO-OP grain elevator during the fall harvest rush.
In 1894, a new school building was built, and in 1900, Hamlet High School was built. All remaining one-room schoolhouses in Davis Township would consolidate into Hamlet High School. The schoolhouse was expanded to add new classrooms in 1916 and a new gymnasium in 1925. A new elementary school was built in 1953. Hamlet High School consolidated into Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School in the 1960s.
The first telephone service in the county was established in Hamlet and Knox in 1898. Electric power came to the town from Plymouth Electric Light and Power in 1916. A town-wide water system was established in 1925.
In 1959, an approximately 4.5-to-8.2-pound (2.0 to 3.7 kg) meteor struck a home in Hamlet. The meteor, named for Hamlet, is preserved in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
The Town of Hamlet was originally on both sides of US 30. In 1926 US 30 was realigned with the Indiana Realignment. U.S. Route 30 bypasses Hamlet, about a half mile to the north. It is about 2 mi (3.2 km) east of highway U.S. 35.
According to the 2010 census, Hamlet has a total area of 0.98 square miles (2.54 km2), of which 0.97 square miles (2.51 km2) (or 98.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) (or 1.02%) is water.
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Hamlet, Indiana
Hamlet is a town in Davis and Oregon Townships, Starke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hamlet had a population of 773.
Hamlet was laid out in 1863 by John Hamlet, for whom the town is named. A post office was established in 1864, and Hamlet was incorporated in 1896.
Two railroad lines existed in Hamlet: the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago (Pennsylvania), built in 1856, and the Chicago, Indiana, and Southern (New York Central), also known as the Kankakee Belt. In 1968, these two railroads merged to become the Penn Central Railroad. In 1976, Penn Central, along with several other languishing eastern railroads, were in bankruptcy, and was part of the Federal Government's takeover, creating Conrail. Both rail lines continued to see heavy use until the late 1970s under Conrail. By the early 1980s, the Kankakee Belt had been abandoned and removed, and the former Pennsylvania mainline's traffic had dropped dramatically, due to redundant east/west Conrail lines. Today, what remains of the former Pennsylvania mainline is operated by the Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad, which services Hamlet's large CO-OP grain elevator during the fall harvest rush.
In 1894, a new school building was built, and in 1900, Hamlet High School was built. All remaining one-room schoolhouses in Davis Township would consolidate into Hamlet High School. The schoolhouse was expanded to add new classrooms in 1916 and a new gymnasium in 1925. A new elementary school was built in 1953. Hamlet High School consolidated into Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School in the 1960s.
The first telephone service in the county was established in Hamlet and Knox in 1898. Electric power came to the town from Plymouth Electric Light and Power in 1916. A town-wide water system was established in 1925.
In 1959, an approximately 4.5-to-8.2-pound (2.0 to 3.7 kg) meteor struck a home in Hamlet. The meteor, named for Hamlet, is preserved in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.
The Town of Hamlet was originally on both sides of US 30. In 1926 US 30 was realigned with the Indiana Realignment. U.S. Route 30 bypasses Hamlet, about a half mile to the north. It is about 2 mi (3.2 km) east of highway U.S. 35.
According to the 2010 census, Hamlet has a total area of 0.98 square miles (2.54 km2), of which 0.97 square miles (2.51 km2) (or 98.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) (or 1.02%) is water.