Hamlin, Texas

==History==
The city was named for W. H. Hamlin, a railroad official of the [[Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway]].<ref name="marker">{{Cite web|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5253012356|title=Historical marker}}</ref> The Orient reached Hamlin in 1906<ref name="marker"/> and was followed by the Texas Central Railroad within a few years and by the Abilene and Southern Railroad in 1910. The arrival of the railroad was announced in 1902, and the first train arrived in 1906. The county's first [[gypsum]] plant was constructed {{convert|6|mi|0}} outside of Hamlin in 1903. Business boomed with the rail service, and the town included gins, a [[cottonseed oil]] mill, and a number of other businesses. Oil was discovered in 1928, which also contributed to the economy.<ref name="marker"/> The ''Hamlin Herald'' was first published in 1906<ref name="marker"/> and is still in print.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=288 |title=Display Newspaper Details |access-date=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114748/http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=288 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hamlin later gained its first and only hospital, Hamlin Memorial Hospital, in 1948; it is operated by Hamlin Hospital District and owns Hamlin Medical Clinic.