A post office operated under the name Hamburgh from 1838 to 1893 and under the name Hamburg from 1893 to 1965.[4]
Hamburg was formerly home to three separate newspapers. The Franklin Herald was established in 1886 and operated in Hamburg until 1890, when the printing equipment was moved to Knoxville.[5]The Hamburg Gazette was published weekly beginning in 1900.[6] The Gusher was also published weekly by O. Q. Griffing beginning in 1901.[7]
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad operated a gravel pit in Hamburg.[8]