Hamlin, Texas

Hamlin is a city in Jones and Fisher counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,124 at the 2010 census. The Jones County portion of Hamlin is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryThe city was named for W. H. Hamlin, a railroad official of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. The Orient reached Hamlin in 1906 and was followed by the Texas Central Railroad within a couple of years and by the Abilene and Southern Railroad in 1910. The arrival of the railroad was announced in 1902, and the first train arrived in 1906. The county's first gypsum plant was constructed 6mi outside of Hamlin in 1903. Business boomed with the rail service, and the town included gins, a cottonseed oil mill, and a number of other businesses. Oil was discovered in 1928, which also contributed to the economy. The Hamlin Herald was first published in 1906 and is still in print. Hamlin would later gain its first and only hospital, Hamlin Memorial, in 1948. In 2015 Hamlin Memorial Hospital's name was changed to Hamlin Health.GeographyHamlin is located in northwestern Jones County at . The city limits extend west into Fisher County, although no people lived in this portion as of 2010. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.7sqkm, of which 0.03sqkm, or 0.20%, is water.