Lamington, New Jersey
| Lamington, New Jersey | |
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| unincorporated community | |
Presbyterian Church
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 Lamington, New Jersey
Lamington, New Jersey
Lamington, New Jersey
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| Coordinates: 40°39′39″N 74°43′03″W / 40.66083°N 74.71750°WCoordinates: 40°39′39″N 74°43′03″W / 40.66083°N 74.71750°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Somerset |
| Township | Bedminster |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 877657 |
Lamington is an unincorporated community located within Bedminster Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It contains the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery and the Lamington Black Cemetery.
"Lamington" is a corruption of the Native American word for the nearby stream, the "Allemetunck" or the "Loamatong". Its name means "the place within the hills" or "the place of paint clay." There are 113 recorded variations on the spelling of Lamington, including "Alamatunk," "Lametunk" and "Lamberton."
The Lamington Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1740. Church membership included Scots-Irish Presbyterians, Dutch and German settlers, tenant-farmers, large and small landowners, lawyers, teachers, millers, weavers, tailors, other craftsmen and workmen, slaves and freed blacks.
The Lamington Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as district #84002802.
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lamington include:
Notable burials:
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