Hamilton, Mississippi
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Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi. It was the original county seat until Monroe County was split with the formation of Lowndes County to the south; the county seat of Monroe County was then moved north to Aberdeen.
Hamilton School
Part of the Monroe County School District (Mississippi) Monroe county website(mcsd), Hamilton is a K-12th School Consisting of an Elementary School, Library, Middle/High School, and two P.E. Gyms. Current High School principal is Tim Dickerson, Elementary principal is Michelle Stevens, and Librarian Mrs. Reynolds. Student body consists of about 1000 students.
Extra-curricular Activities (Hamilton School)
Hamilton has several extra-curricular activities, but since the school is small it has fewer than larger schools in larger, or wealthier states
Music
Hamilton School's musical projects consist of a Band program (marching and performing plus minor( 6-8th grade)) and Chorus projects(high school and minor)lead by Mr. Eric Holloway.
Sports
Hamilton has a track and field team of one member, a golf team (Grades 7-12), football team (Lions), basketball team, baseball team, and softball team (Lady Lions), which recently won the state championship. All of these are minor and High School Operations(Jr. High and High School), and some are age groups 9-12 for elementary.
News
- Hamilton Jr. High (8th Grade) wins State Champs in Mississippi(2009).
- RTI Plant construction halted (2009)-no further info(March 23, 2010)
Industry
Industry in Hamilton is mostly small town, self employer owned establishments, but here are some more successful Industrys...
Tronox
Tronox (formerly Kerr-McGee) is a large employer in Mississippi. As the third largest titanium dioxide (white pigment primarily used in paints) plant in the world here are some statistics.
- over 430 employees
- produces 225,000 tonnes of titanium dioxide per year
Columbus AFB
Columbus AFB is located approximately 12 miles south of Hamilton off Highway 45. Many in the community are employed at the base, mostly in the capacity of Civil Service or contractors supporting aircraft maintenance on the base (DynCorp). More information on the base may be found at its website, http://www.columbus.af.mil/ .
RTI International Metals
Currently RTI International Metals, visit their website here, is building a $300 million Titanium Sponge plant in Hamilton, MS. the plant will run off the waste of Tronox's titanium waste.
RTI Recent News
- rebuilding is postponed
Coordinates
Hamilton is located at 33°44′25″N 88°24′40″W / 33.74028°N 88.41111°W [1]. According to the United States Geological Survey, its variant names are Hamilton Farm, Monroe Courthouse, and Old Hamilton.
New Hamilton is located on U.S. Route 45 west of Old Hamilton at 33°44′16″N 88°26′41″W / 33.73778°N 88.44472°W [1].
Notable residents
- Don Smith, former NFL running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Buffalo Bills
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- "Hamilton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
- "New Hamilton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
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