Hamilton, Georgia

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|motto = "The heart of Harris County"{{Cite web| url=http://hamiltoncityhall.net| title=Hamilton, Georgia| publisher=City of Hamilton| access-date=May 17, 2017}}

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 31811

|area_code = 706

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|blank_info = 13-36220{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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|website = {{URL|hamiltoncityhall.net}}

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|named_for = Paul Hamilton

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Hamilton is a city in, and the county seat of Harris County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama metropolitan statistical area.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}} The population was 1,680 at the 2020 census,{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1336220

| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hamilton city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=May 17, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} up from 307 at the 2000 census.

History

Hamilton was founded in 1827 as seat of the newly formed Harris County. It was incorporated as a town in 1828 and as a city in 1903.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA232 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=232| isbn=978-1135948597 }}

The city was named for U.S. Secretary of the Navy and governor of South Carolina Paul Hamilton (1762–1816).{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n147 148]}}

In 1912, a black woman and three black men in Hamilton were lynched while being held for questioning in the murder of a white landowner.Karen Branan, The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia, a Legacy of Secrets, and My Search for the Truth, Atria Books, 2016 Coverage by local newspapers at the time suggested the four were guilty.[http://www.blacknewsweekly.com/news323.html MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER], 23 January 1912, accessed 4 April 2016

Geography

Hamilton is located slightly northeast of the center of Harris County, at the southern base of the Pine Mountain Range in the Piedmont region of the state.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|8.6|km2|order=flip}}, all land.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1870= 359

|1880= 493

|1900= 418

|1910= 403

|1920= 437

|1930= 438

|1940= 473

|1950= 449

|1960= 396

|1970= 357

|1980= 495

|1990= 454

|2000= 307

|2010= 1016

|2020= 1680

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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As of the census of 2010, there were 1,016 people, 339 households, and 179 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population grew to 1,680.