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381:, the town of Hamilton faces significant flooding every few years, most notably in 2003, 2006, 2017, and 2021. The frequent flooding has forced residents to adopt a routine of moving their furniture from the ground floor and evacuating to a local church until the waters recede. The
722:, there were 309 people, 117 households, and 80 families living in the town. The population density was 313.2 people per square mile (120.5/km). There were 135 housing units at an average density of 136.8 per square mile (52.7/km). The racial makeup of the town was 91.91%
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Hamilton are instead forwarded to the Concrete post office, located 13 miles (21 km) away, despite protests from residents.
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1419:Ghost towns
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1163:County seat
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736:other races
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672:2010 census
666:2010 census
350: /
338:121°59′20″W
317:post office
286:2020 census
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1484:Categories
1286:Clear Lake
1193:Burlington
1061:August 31,
769:References
718:As of the
670:As of the
395:green city
335:48°31′34″N
282:Washington
264:feature ID
172:Population
117:Washington
73:48°31′34″N
1437:Sauk City
1371:Snee Oosh
1356:Gibraltar
1341:Birdsview
1243:La Conner
1188:Anacortes
967:April 23,
789:August 7,
324:Geography
294:Anacortes
252:FIPS code
240:Area code
194:Time zone
164:Elevation
1381:Van Horn
1376:Sterling
1316:Rockport
1276:Big Lake
1271:Bay View
1238:Hamilton
1233:Concrete
1091:July 14,
740:Hispanic
730:, 0.65%
726:, 3.56%
692:Hispanic
391:Forterra
379:floodway
370:Flooding
274:Hamilton
256:53-29255
228:ZIP code
25:Hamilton
1447:Whitney
1432:Ehrlich
1351:Fidalgo
1025:May 12,
682:, 2.0%
401:Climate
304:History
267:1520479
102:Country
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1409:Samish
1296:Edison
1291:Conway
1180:Cities
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124:County
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1326:Other
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1248:Lyman
1225:Towns
732:Asian
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680:White
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502:14.1%
472:93.1%
233:98255
222:(PDT)
220:UTC-7
199:UTC-8
112:State
1336:Avon
1258:CDPs
1093:2016
1063:2014
1027:2019
994:2012
969:2011
943:2022
894:ISBN
873:2008
847:2008
819:2012
791:2020
643:2020
628:2010
613:2000
598:1990
583:1980
568:1970
553:1960
538:1950
523:1940
508:1930
493:1920
487:3.3%
478:1910
463:1900
448:1890
436:Note
431:Pop.
262:GNIS
135:Area
33:Town
1281:Bow
742:or
694:or
647:299
632:301
617:309
602:228
587:268
572:196
557:271
542:294
527:229
512:252
497:462
482:405
467:392
452:203
245:360
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