Hamel

John Edgar was the first American to have his farmland recorded in Township 5 North, Range 7 West in 1815.((History of Madison County, Illinois, Illustrated. With Biographical Sketches of many Prominent Men and Pioneers (Edwardsville: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), 532.)) The township was later named for A. J. Hamel, a township resident who established a flour mill and general store in the 1860s.((Ibid., 533)) The village of Hamel was officially incorporated February 19, 1955,((Flagg, James S., editor, Our 150 Years, 1812-1962. (Edwardsville: East 10 Publishing, 1962.), 61.)) and in 1960 the village had a population of 362.((1960 Census of Population, Advance Reports, Final Population Counts: Illinois (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 1960), 17.)) As of the 2010 census, the village of Hamel has 816 residents.((Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 64.))

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Hamel Articles (4 Total)

	Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Route 66 in Madison County April 9, 2018 by Cheryl Eichar Jett
	St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel May 1, 2019 by Chase Langendorf
	Weezy’s Route 66 Bar & Grill October 2, 2018 by Nichol Allen

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