A land office was opened in 1814 in Chippewa Bay, a sub-community of the Town of Hammond today.

By an Act of New York State Legislature they passed that Hammond was officially a town, this happened on March 30, 1827.

He lived in a cave which is no longer there, the spot is marked with a nearby plaque provided by the local R.T. Elethorp Historical Society.

The log shanties with thatched roofs were replaced with frame and stone houses, many of which stand today.

The northern town line is the international border of Ontario, Canada, defined by the St. Lawrence River.

New York State Route 12 follows the south bank of the St. Lawrence River through the Town and was built in the mid-1960s connecting Interstate 81 west of Alexandria Bay with NY-37 at Morristown.

As major roads permeated the area, a secondary travel and vacation industry sprang up which provided extensive vacation/recreational rental properties on both Black Lake and the St Lawrence River.

Business and industries included in the townships history have included, glass factories, asheries, tanneries, restaurants, gas stations, auto repair, two post offices, a lumber yard, a bowling alley, a bank, a library, a phone company, cottage rentals, boat/motor/general marine services, barber shops, antiques, saw mills, blacksmiths, a farm store, general stores, stone quarries, milk processing plants, cheese factories, coal storage cribs/coal sale and delivery etc.

A railroad spur line passed through the western side of the Village of Hammond and was in limited use until the early-mid-1960s.

A stone quarry that was once located in South Hammond on Route 37 supplied sandstone to make local roads.

The Village of Hammond also has a mason's lodge, a retirement home, several churches and a town museum (previously mentioned).

Hammond is a well-known speed trap raising revenue by catching speeders going to and from the Canadian border.