Editing Hamilton, Indiana (section)

== History ==
In the late 1830s, the land that present-day Hamilton was built on was sold by the owner Niconar Munson to Dr. Samuel Tuttle, who was the first to plat the town. The original name of the town was "Enterprise".<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2r22OGS6yeAC&pg=PA287|year=1941|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-62376-013-7|page=287}}</ref> Dr. Tuttle went to [[New York (state)|New York]] shortly thereafter, where he met Fisher Howe, president of a syndicate of capitalists. Dr. Tuttle sold all but one-sixteenth of the plat to him for $15,000. In the spring of 1838, Howe sent Sidney Gambia, an agent, to Enterprise to sell goods and develop the settlement. However, Enterprise was heavily ladened with illness that year, to such an extent that it became known for it. To improve the settlement's reputation, the name was changed to Hamilton. Eventually the town was sold to Sidney Gambia for $1 (and for other terms), and the name was officially recorded as the Town of Hamilton in 1844.

A post office was established under the name Enterprise in 1837, and was renamed to Hamilton in 1844. The post office remains in operation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Steuben | title=Steuben County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

Hamilton was incorporated as a town in 1914.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early Hamilton Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=196563 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>