This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/1263.1 Message Board Post: The name of the Hammondville mining company was actually the Crown Point Iron Company. The town of Hammondville closed in 1890 after the death of Gen. John Hammond, and all of it's inhabitants were forced to leave. It is part of the Ironville Historic District in the National Registry of Historic Places.