Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 26,503, reflecting an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 4,487 (+28.0%) from the 16,012 counted in the 1990 Census. The Township of Hamilton was incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813.
Hamilton Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The township is within the New York metropolitan area as defined by the United States Census Bureau, but directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 88,464, reflecting an increase of 1,355 (+1.6%) from the 87,109 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 556 (+0.6%) from the 86,553 counted in the 1990 Census. The township was the state's 9th-largest municipality, after having been ranked 10th in 2000. The township is located immediately east of the city of Trenton, the state's capital.
The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation of the states in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally among the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house.
John Kean was an American lawyer, banker and Republican Party politician from Elizabeth, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1899 to 1911 and served two separate terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1883 to 1885, and from 1887 to 1889. A member of the Kean family of politicians, his great-grandfather, John Kean, had been a delegate to the Continental Congress for South Carolina, his brother was US Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, his nephew was US Representative Robert Winthrop Kean and his great-nephew was Governor Thomas Kean.
Hamilton Fish Kean was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
Mercerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 13,230. Until after the 2000 Census, the area was part of the Mercerville-Hamilton Square CDP. For the 2010 Census it was split into two CDPs, Mercerville and Hamilton Square.
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1915 to 1923.
Hamilton Square is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that is the site of a historic colonial village. Until the 2000 Census the area was part of the Mercerville-Hamilton Square CDP, which was split into two CDPs as of 2010: Mercerville and Hamilton Square. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 12,784.
Hamilton Park is a neighborhood in Historic Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, centered on a park with the same name. Hamilton Park is located west of Newport, north of Harsimus Cove, north and east of The Village and south of Boyle Plaza. The Victorian age park is located between Eighth Street and Ninth Street and Hamilton Place on the west and McWilliams Place on the East. Like the Van Vorst Park neighborhood to the south, this quiet park is surrounded by nineteenth century brownstones. The park underwent renovations completed in 2010.
Extonville is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Most of the area is farmland though there are some residential homes in the area. The community is centered about the intersection of Extonville Road and Ellisdale Road.
Haines Corner is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Yardville Heights is an unincorporated community located within the Yardville CDP of Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is mostly a residential development located along South Broad Street (County Route 524 west of downtown Yardville. There are some businesses located along South Broad Street in addition to the Hamilton Township School District's Yardville Heights Elementary School.
Chewalla Park is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Hamilton Avenue, Klockner Road, Nottingham Way, and the Greenwood Cemetery. Nottingham High School is located in Chewalla Park at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and Klockner Road.
Golden Crest is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Nottingham is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was named after the English town of Nottingham when the area was settled by English emigrants entering an area of Dutch culture just two decades removed from the land being part of New Netherland, Dutch Empire.
Rosemont is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Trenton Gardens is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Warner Village is an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Pond Run was an unincorporated community located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
