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Photograph of Hamilton Village Historic District
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hamilton Village Historic District

Built in 1804. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Hamilton Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Hamilton in Madison County, New York. The district contains 155 contributing buildings and one contributing site.”

Wikipedia article Hamilton Village Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1984 · category: District · built in 1804.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Village Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 1993Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Village Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jewett BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lebanon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lebanon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Melvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Flash FloodHamilton$100,000Streets flooded throughout the village of Hamilton. Many cars stranded.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHamilton$30,000A thunderstorm intensified to severe levels across southern sections of the county early in the evening. Strong winds knocked down several trees in the town of Hamilton. One of these trees fell onto a house and heavily damaged its back porch and rear deck.
July 2013Flash FloodHamilton$25,000Flood waters washed out a section of Route 12B between Earlville and Hamilton.
July 2004Flash FloodHamilton$10,000Roads washed out. State Route 12B temporarily closed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and large branches on a property.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees at Colgate University.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees near Lake Moraine.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Several pine trees were uprooted and broken on Wylie Road.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,00010 to 12 trees down in the towns of Hamilton and Lebanon.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down in the town of Hamilton near Earlville.
May 2025Flash FloodHamilton$1,000Hamilton Street has flooded according to law enforcement.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHamilton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree uprooted on Spring Street.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHamilton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on Randallsville Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHamilton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which blocked a road.
August 2024HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2019HailHamilton-no account filed
July 2008HailHamilton-no account filed
July 2006HailHamilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Adon Smith House0.3 miles1974
US Post Office-Hamilton0.4 miles1989
Old Biology Hall0.5 miles1973
Chenango Canal Summit Level3.9 miles2005
Coolidge Stores Building4.6 miles2001
Old Madison County Courthouse7.2 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002494 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 83 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.