The township was named for Alexander Hamilton. Portions of the township were taken to form Hammonton on March 5, 1866, and to form Buena Vista Township on March 5, 1867. Hamilton became part of the newly created Atlantic County in 1837. Hamilton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Weymouth Township, while the area was still part of Gloucester County. Iron was then substituted for hull construction. But by the end of century, wood shipbuilding began to disappear due to the lack of suitable timber. Half of them were produced at Mays Landing. By the mid 19th century, Mays Landing reached the height of its shipbuilding.įrom 1830 to 1880, more than 200 vessels were built along the Great Egg Harbor River with lumber from native forests and iron from Weymouth foundries. George May, after whom the village of Mays Landing was named, built a shipyard and trading post near Babcock Creek in 1756. Hamilton Township's origins are directly tied to the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries which run through it. Geographically, the township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia- Reading- Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. However, with a total area (land and water combined) of 112.94 square miles (292.5 km 2) it is the second-largest municipality in New Jersey, behind neighboring Galloway Township, which has a total area of 114.49 square miles (296.5 km 2). At 110.90 square miles (287.2 km 2), Hamilton Township has the largest land area of any municipality in New Jersey. The township calls itself "New Jersey's Largest Municipality" on its stationery and its website. The Township of Hamilton was incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,484, an increase of 981 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 26,503, which in turn reflected an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 census.
Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S.
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