Hamersville, Ohio
human settlement in Brown County, Ohio, United States of America
Hamersville ( HAY-mərz-vil) is a village in Clark Township, Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population was 485 at the 2020 census.
History
Hamersville was laid out in 1838. It was named for Thomas Hamer, then a congressman, and later a general in the Mexican–American War.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.01 km2), all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 546 people, 188 households, and 143 families living in the village. The population density was 1,400.0 inhabitants per square mile (540.5/km2). There were 206 housing units at an average density of 528.2 per square mile (203.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.2% White, 0.2% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hamersville, Ohio” is human settlement in Brown County, Ohio, United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hamersville, Ohio and human, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “human settlement in Brown County, Ohio, United States of America” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2402464. VIAF identifies the subject as 131533595. The Library of Congress control number is n99030827. Authority coordinates are 38.919, -83.986. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1838 and 2010.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Hamersville, Ohio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.