Editing Hamilton, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Hamilton was [[plat]]ted in 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota: Containing a History of North Dakota |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1Q0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA743|year=1900|publisher=Geo. A. Ogle & Company|page=743}}</ref> The city took its name from [[Hamilton, Ontario]], the native land of a large share of the early settlers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCGVnMUdNqMC&pg=PA188|year=1938|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-62376-033-5|page=188}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Hamilton since 1879.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=Pembina | title=Pembina County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=October 23, 2015}}</ref> Hamilton is the home of the Pembina County Fair, the oldest continuously running county fair in North Dakota since 1894. Hamilton is also the home of The Bank of Hamilton, the oldest state bank in North Dakota, founded in 1886.