Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Briar Manor, Broad Street Park, Bromley, Chewalla Park, Creston, DeCou Village, Deutzville, Duck Island, East Trenton Heights, Edgebrook, Extonville, Golden Crest, Gropps Lake, Haines Corner, Hutchinson Mills, Lakeside Park, Maple Shade, North Crosswicks, Nottingham, Oil City, Pond Run, Quaker Bridge, Quaker Gardens, Rosemont, The Orchards, Trenton Gardens, Warner Village, White City and Yardville Heights. Groveville (with a 2010 Census population of 2,945), Hamilton Square (12,784), Mercerville (13,230), White Horse (9,494) and Yardville (7,186) are all census-designated places and unincorporated communities located within the township. In the company's 2005 survey, the Township was ranked 15th safest of 354 cities surveyed nationwide.Īlthough Hamilton is one of the largest townships in New Jersey it doesn't have a true 'downtown', but a number of settlements within the township form smaller commercial centers.

In 2006, Hamilton Township was ranked by Morgan Quitno as the eighteenth-safest city in the United States, out of 369 cities nationwide. Hamilton Township derives its name from the village of Hamilton Square, which might have been named for Alexander Hamilton. 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 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.

The township is located immediately east of the city of Trenton, the state's capital. The township was the state's ninth-largest municipality in 20, after having been ranked 10th in 2000. 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 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. It is the largest suburb of Trenton, New Jersey. Hamilton Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

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