Hamilton, Massachusetts

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Hamilton, Massachusetts
Town
Hamilton Town Hall
Seal
Location in Essex County and the state of Massachusetts.
Coordinates: 42°37′10.95″N 70°51′17.24″W / 42.6197083°N 70.8547889°W / 42.6197083; -70.8547889
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Essex
Settled	1638; 386 years ago (1638)
Incorporated	1793; 231 years ago (1793)
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area
• Total	14.9 sq mi (38.6 km2)
• Land	14.2 sq mi (36.7 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Elevation	49 ft (15 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	7,561
• Density	510/sq mi (200/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	01936 (Hamilton), 01982 (South Hamilton)
Area code	351/978
FIPS code	25-27900
GNIS feature ID	0619446
Website	www.hamiltonma.gov

Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561.^[1] Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially zoned land.

Though Hamilton is a landlocked town in the North Shore region of Massachusetts, its proximity to it provides easy access to the Atlantic seashore with its reservations, beaches and boating. The town includes many historic houses, pastoral landscapes, and old stone walls that accompany winding tree-lined roads. It also has a rich equestrian heritage, which remains strong due to the influence of the many horse farms and of Myopia Hunt Club, which holds frequent equestrian events, including polo most Sunday afternoons. (Myopia also hosts a Thanksgiving Day fox hunt each year that the public may attend.^[2]) Thus, people visiting Hamilton may well share the secondary roads with horse and pony riders. Patton Park, one of the parks in downtown Hamilton, was named after General George S. Patton. The park is a center of activity for the town.

Hamilton is closely tied to neighboring Wenham, sharing a school system, library, recreation department, commuter rail station and newspaper.

Hamilton includes South Hamilton, a part of Hamilton that the Postal Service has assigned the ZIP Code 01982. "Hamilton" and "South Hamilton" differ only in ZIP Code and are otherwise the same town.