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Hamlet, IN - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Hamlet  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Hamlet Home page. The Hamlet Home page provides as much information as possible on Hamlet. Knowing Hamlet’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Hamlet’s Home page, you will also find Hamlet’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Hamlet has a population of 758. 46.6% of Hamlet’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.4 are female. 40.7% of Hamlet is married and 75.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $78,963, and the average rent is $732. Household median income in Hamlet is $41,705, and the individual median income is $25,000. Hamlet’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.2%), Hispanic(3.2%), Multiple(2.1%), Other(0.7%).


Hamlet was named after John Hamlet, who established the town in 1863. Two railroad lines once existed in Hamlet, one being a division of the former mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), running from Chicago, Illinois to Fort Wayne, Indiana, with the other line being the New York Central's (NYC) Kankakee Belt, running from Elkhart, Indiana to Kankakee, Illinois.


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 PRR mainline's traffic had dropped dramatically, due to redundant east/west Conrail lines. Today, what remains of the former PRR mainline is operated by the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad (CF&E), which services Hamlet's large CO-OP grain elevator during the fall harvest rush. Hamlet was requested a Dollar General in 2020 and construction was completed in 2021.


The Hamlet post office is in operation since 1864.


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