page_title: Hamilton, New York
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hamilton, New York / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bird's-eye view. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Includes index to points of interest and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy faded, brittle, torn, taped, spotted, missing small section at lower right. Acquisitions control no.: 96-5.
context_page_description: Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
  The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton, the site of Colgate University. The village is on the county's border.
context_section_description: The location was formerly called Payne's Corners. The Town of Hamilton was established in 1795, before the county was formed, from the Town of Paris in Oneida County, New York. The original town was reduced to create new towns in the county.
caption: Perspective map of Hamilton and list of landmarks from 1885 by L.R. Burleigh
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