Biohazard Cleanup Near West Hamilton Hamilton, TX

Hamilton is the county seat of Hamilton County in Central Texas, and both the city and county are named for James Hamilton, a former governor of South Carolina who invested some $216,000 in gold to finance Texas's struggle for independence.

The first settlers arrived in the Hamilton area in 1855, when James M. Rice and Henry Standefer opened the first store, and Hamilton became the county seat when the county was founded in 1858.

Hamilton's post office was established in 1861, and by 1873 the town had about 200 residents, with growth slowed by the Civil War and by Native American attacks that continued until 1876.

Hamilton was incorporated in 1911, when its population had reached 1,548, up from 1,100 in 1896.

Hamilton had a population of 2,895 at the 2020 census, living in 1,197 households, including 632 families.

Hamilton's courthouse, built in 1887 to replace two earlier courthouses that burned down, now also serves as the county museum and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Hamilton calls itself the dove-hunting capital of Texas and holds an Annual Dove Festival at the late-summer opening of dove-hunting season.

A flood in the Pecan Creek valley in 1954 caused about a million dollars in damage to Hamilton-area businesses.

Hamilton sits at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and State Highways 22 and 36 in the Pecan Creek valley at the center of its county.