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Hamilton County was named by Judge Symmes in honor of his friend, Alexander Hamilton, then the first Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1795. Initially, from 1790 to 1792, Hamilton County covered the area between the Miami Rivers.
The county received its name from John Cleves Symmes, the original purchaser of the district around Cincinnati, and to whom was given the privilege of choosing the name. Alexander Hamilton was at that time secretary of the treasury, and it was for him that Hamilton county was named.
In 1610, in Ulster, Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, a descendant of Walter Fitz Gilbert, was granted 2,000 acres in county Cavan, where he built a castle named Castle Hamilton. In 1614 Hamiltonsbawn in Armagh was named after John Hamilton, brother of James, Viscount Claneboye.
Hamilton County became its second county, organized in 1790. The first permanent settlers arrived in 1788 at the mouth of the Little Miami River on the Ohio River. From 1790 to 1803 the boundaries of the county changed ten times.
On January 2, 1790, Hamilton County became the second county in the Northwest Territory. The name honored Revolutionary War general and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. The words of Hezekiah Flint, “I came down in a flat, loaded with corn, and landed in Cincinnati April 7, 1794.
Walter fitz Gilbert of Hambledon is the earliest person of the Hamilton family recorded in history. Geographic Distribution. Following its origins in Scotland, the Hamilton surname found its way to Ireland, particularly in the Ulster region during the 17th century due to the Plantation of Ulster.
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Jackie Hamilton (1937–2003), British comedian. Jackie Hamilton (1925–1994), Canadian ice hockey player. Jan Hamilton (born 1964), first officer in the British Army to complete gender reassignment from male to female. Jane Hamilton-Merritt (born 1947), American photojournalist. Janet Hamilton (1795–1873), Scottish poet.
