Editing Hamlet, North Carolina (section)

==Additional information==
Hamlet is at the junction of three major [[CSX]] rail lines, one running north towards [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], as well as south towards [[Savannah, Georgia]], and the second running east towards [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]], [[North Carolina]], and west towards [[Bostic, North Carolina|Bostic]], [[North Carolina (U.S. state)|North Carolina]]. At Monroe, North Carolina, the line splits northwest to Charlotte and Bostic, and one continues west to Atlanta, Georgia, originally on to Birmingham, Alabama; however, tracks were removed in 1987. The third line splits off from the second just east of Hamlet and continues towards Charleston, South Carolina. It has been cited as the prime spot in North Carolina for train watchers.<ref name="m washburn"/>

[[File:Hamlet North Carolina license plate topper 1961.jpg|thumb|In the 1960s, city license tags proclaimed Hamlet as "The Hub of The Seaboard."]]
The [[National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame]] is also located in Hamlet.

Hamlet was the largest city in Richmond County at one time,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&q=%22hamlet%22+%22largest+city%22+%22Richmond%22&pg=PA83|title=New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators|last=Davis|first=Anita Price|date=2008-10-29|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786437795|language=en}}</ref> but it has been surpassed by neighboring Rockingham. In the early part of the 20th century, more than 30 trains stopped in Hamlet daily, en route to [[New York City]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Suffolk, Virginia|Suffolk]] and cities in [[Florida]].<ref name="m washburn">Washburn, Mark. (2013, May 26). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/26/4065919/love-of-railroads-spans-the-carolinas.html ''Love of railroads spans the Carolinas''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010625/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/26/4065919/love-of-railroads-spans-the-carolinas.html |date=2014-05-13 }} The Charlotte Observer.</ref> Known as "The Hub of the Seaboard," Hamlet had seven hotels and numerous boarding houses and restaurants catering to transferring rail passengers.<ref name="m washburn"/> "Hamlet was like [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|the Charlotte airport]] is today," said Miranda Chavis, manager of the railroad museum.<ref name="m washburn"/>

In addition to the Hamlet Passenger Station, the [[Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina)|Main Street Commercial Historic District]] is also listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}{{failed verification|date=March 2022}}</ref>