Hamilton County

Hamilton County is the name of ten counties in the United States of America, eight of them named for Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury:

  • Hamilton County, Florida
  • Hamilton County, Illinois
  • Hamilton County, Indiana
  • Hamilton County, Iowa (named for William W. Hamilton, president of the Iowa state senate)
  • Hamilton County, Kansas
  • Hamilton County, Nebraska
  • Hamilton County, New York, the least populous county on the list, most sparsely populated county in the eastern half of the United States
  • Hamilton County, Ohio, the most populous county on the list
  • Hamilton County, Tennessee
  • Hamilton County, Texas (named for James Hamilton Jr., Governor of South Carolina from 1830 to 1832)

Famous quotes containing the words hamilton and/or county:

    “Strew your gladness on earth’s bed,
    So be merry, so be dead.”
    —Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895–1915)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)