Hamilton, OH
| Hamilton, Ohio | |
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| City | |
| City of Hamilton | |
High Street, looking east, c. 1911
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| Motto: "An Award Winning Community" | |
 Location of Hamilton, Ohio |
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 Location of Hamilton in Butler County |
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| Coordinates: 39°23′45″N 84°33′54″W / 39.39583°N 84.56500°WCoordinates: 39°23′45″N 84°33′54″W / 39.39583°N 84.56500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Butler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.08 sq mi (57.19 km2) |
| • Land | 21.60 sq mi (55.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2) |
| Elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 62,477 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 62,295 |
| • Density | 2,892.5/sq mi (1,116.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 513 |
| FIPS code | 39-33012 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1064784 |
| Website | http://www.hamilton-city.org/ |
Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the state's southwestern corner. The population was 62,447 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Its neighborhood of Lindenwald, settled by German immigrants in the mid-19th century and later, is one of three designated National Historic Districts.
The city has a council-manager form of government. Its mayor is Patrick Moeller and the city manager is Joshua Smith. Most of the city is in the Hamilton City School District.
The industrial city is seeking to revitalize through the arts; it was officially declared the "City of Sculpture" in 2000. Its initiative has attracted many sculpture installations to the city, which founded the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park.
Hamilton, Ohio, was founded in 1791 as Fort Hamilton (named to honor Alexander Hamilton). The northwest frontier military fort was built to serve as a supply station for the troops of generals Arthur St. Clair and later Anthony Wayne. Their armies entered the Miami Valley to drive out the Shawnee and Miami during the Northwest Indian War of the 1790s. The Indians hoped to maintain their territory here, but, following the American Revolutionary War, the United States wanted to open it for European-American settlement and succeeded in pushing out the indigenous peoples.
The fort was located on the Great Miami River, where the east and west banks rose gradually. The river is shallow during normal flow and easily forded by men, animals and wagons on its gravelly bottom. By 1800, the fort had been abandoned, and Hamilton was becoming an agricultural and regional trading town. The town was platted, government was seated, and the town named by 1803.
Hamilton was first incorporated by act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1810, but lost its status in 1815 for failure to hold elections. It was reincorporated in 1827 with Rossville, the community across the Great Miami River in St. Clair Township. The two places severed their connection in 1831 only to be rejoined in 1854. Designated the county seat, this became a city in 1857. On 14 March 1867, Hamilton withdrew from the townships of Fairfield and St. Clair to form a "paper township", but the city government is dominant.
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