Lamington, New Jersey
Lamington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Bedminster Township of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It contains the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery and the Lamington Black Cemetery. The name. "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 church. 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. National Register of Historic Places. The Lamington Historic District, which includes the Presbyterian Church and the Lamington Black Cemetery, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Notable people. People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lamington include: Notable burials: