Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Hamilton is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1] Much of the community is part of the Hamilton Historic District, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP-listed Concordia Mill is also located in the community.^[2][3]

Hamilton, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Concordia Mill
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Coordinates: 43°17′03″N 87°58′18″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Ozaukee
Elevation	212 m (696 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1566010[1]
Hamilton Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
A portion of the district.
Location	Cedarburg, Wisconsin
NRHP reference No.	76000070
Added to NRHP	July 1, 1976

History

Hamilton was settled by Irish immigrants in the early 1840s. It was originally named "New Dublin" and was the first white settlement in the Cedarburg area. The first documented resident was Joseph Gardenier, who built a log shanty on Cedar Creek as his headquarters for surveying for the construction of the Green Bay Road.^[4] It was renamed in 1847 after William S. Hamilton, a member of the legislature of the Wisconsin Territory and son of Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of Treasury. In 1848, Hamilton became the first stop on the stagecoach route between Milwaukee and Green Bay. The community prospered until the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway was built in nearby Cedarburg in 1870. Cedarburg grew into an incorporated city, overshadowing rural Hamilton.^[5]

In 1974, Hamilton was designated a historic site by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, and the Hamilton Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[6]

References

Media related to Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons

1. "Hamilton, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Historic Hamilton" (PDF). Town of Cedarburg. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
3. Hundt, Katherine E. (April 21, 1976). "Hamilton Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
4. "Town of Cedarburg". History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Publishing. 1881. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
5. "Encyclopedia of Milwaukee: Cedarburg". University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
6. "Hamilton Historic District". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.