Hamilton

History

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. The original town was reduced to create new towns in the county. The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, an appendant body in Freemasonry, was founded in Hamilton in 1890.

Geography

The southern town line is the border of Chenango County. The village of Hamilton is in the northwest corner of the town, and the village of Earlville sits on the county line, with half of the village in the southwest corner of the town. New York State Route 12 crosses the southern and eastern parts of the town, leading northeast to Utica and south to Norwich. State Route 12B runs along the western edge of the town, connecting Earlville in the south with Hamilton village in the north; it continues south from Earlville to State Route 12 in Sherburne and north from Hamilton village to Madison. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Hamilton has a total area of , of which , or 0.28%, is water. The town is within the watershed of the Chenango River, which briefly enters the town near its southwest corner. The Sangerfield River crosses the town from northeast to southwest and joins the Chenango south of Earlville. Pleasant Brook, another tributary of the Chenango, crosses the southeast part of the town.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• MADISON CENTRAL SCHOOL
  Other · MADISON · 445 students · 9.9:1 ratio
• EDWARD R ANDREWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · MORRISVILLE · 307 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• HAMILTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HAMILTON · 291 students · 10.8:1 ratio
• MORRISVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL
  High · MORRISVILLE · 291 students · 8.8:1 ratio
• HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · HAMILTON · 268 students · 12.8:1 ratio