Hammond
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Port HammondOfficial |
| Relative Location: | N side of Fraser River in Maple Ridge (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'24"N, 122°39'44"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Hammond (railway station) and Port Hammond (Post Office) adopted 3 July 1952 on 92G/2, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Port Hammond (Post Office and Station) 4 July 1957 on 92G/SE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |