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About Hamilton
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 87,109. The township is located right next to the city of Trenton, the capital of New Jersey.
Hamilton was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1842, from portions of the now-defunct Nottingham Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Chambersburg borough (April 1, 1872, annexed by Trenton in 1888) and Wilbur borough (April 24, 1891, annexed by Trenton in 1898). Hamilton Township derives it name form the village of Hamilton Square, which was named for Alexander Hamilton. In 2006, Hamilton Township was ranked by Morgan Quitno as the eighteenth safest "city" in the United States, out of 369 cities nationwide. In the company's 2005 survey, the Township was ranked 15th safest of 354 cities surveyed nationwide. The township has a total area of 40.4 square miles (104.6 kmē), of which, 39.5 square miles (102.2 kmē) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.4 kmē) of it (2.28%) is water. Hamilton Township borders Trenton, Lawrence Township, West Windsor Township, Robbinsville Township, Bordentown Township, Chesterfield Township, Upper Freehold Township and, across the Delaware River, Falls Township, Pennsylvania. New Jersey's eighth-largest municipality, Hamilton Township is less than an hour's ride from New York City, Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore. With nearly 90,000 residents and 40 square miles (100 kmē) of land, it is contains a rich mix of neighborhoods. With a bustling, modern train station and access to the New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 295, Interstate 195, U.S. Route 130, U.S. Route 206, Route 33 and U.S. Route 1, it is a transportation hub. The fire service in Hamilton is comprised up of 9 seperate fire districts each providing mutual aid response within the seperate response districts and outside of the township to neighboring communities. The districts are as follows: Each district is governed by a board of 5 Fire Commissioners and also maintains a staff of career personnel that varies by each station.
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