Hamlet Nebraska - Nebraska Directory

Village · Hayes County · Population 27 (2020 census) · ZIP 69040

About Hamlet

Hamlet is a village of 27 people (2020) in southwestern Hayes County, on Frenchman Creek at 2,835 feet. Spur 43A runs a short way north from US 6 into the village; Wauneta is about 7 miles west-northwest and Palisade about 7 miles east-southeast, and the county seat, Hayes Center, is about 14 miles northeast. Hamlet shares the 69040 ZIP code with Palisade. It is on Central Time.

History

The settlement began as Hudson, which got a post office in 1890; it was renamed Hamlet in 1904 to avoid confusion with another Hudson in Nebraska. The Burlington branch up the Frenchman Valley reached Palisade in 1891 and Wauneta in 1892, and its tracks still pass the village. Hamlet had 220 people in 1940 and has grown smaller at nearly every census since. Two National Register properties near Hamlet, the J. M. Daniel House and the J. M. Daniel School (District No. 3), both listed in 1985, recall one of the area’s early settlers.

Highways and trails through Hamlet

Route	One way	Other way
US 6Just south of the village, reached by Spur 43A	East to Palisade and McCook	West to Wauneta and Imperial

Nearby towns

Palisade	about 7 mi east-southeast	US 6
Wauneta	about 7 mi west-northwest	US 6
Hayes Center	about 14 mi northeast	US 6, NE 25
Trenton	about 19 mi southeast	US 6 and NE 25
Imperial	about 23 mi west-northwest	US 6
Culbertson	about 24 mi east-southeast	US 6
McCook	about 34 mi east-southeast	US 6