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      • Hamilton County was organized in 1790 by order of Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, as the second county in the Northwest Territory. Cincinnati was named as the seat.
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  2. Residents named the county in honor of Alexander Hamilton, who was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and a founder of the Federalist Party.

  3. 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.

  4. HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. 25 modern military engineers. They are usually on the higher ground, and are seldom commanded from posi- tions sufficiently near to make them untenable through the use...

  5. Sep 20, 2010 · History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. by. Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp; Williams, L.A. & co., Cleveland, O., pub. Publication date. 1881. Topics. Hamilton County (Ohio) -- History. Publisher. Cleveland, Ohio, L. A. Williams. Collection. library_of_congress; americana. Contributor.

  6. Hamilton County, named for Alexander Hamilton, was established in 1790. It was the second county to be carved out of the Northwest Territory and predated Ohio statehood by over 12 years. It had 2,000 inhabitants and its boundaries included roughly one-eighth of what is now Ohio.

  7. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. View 586 images in sequence. Transcript: PDF | FULL TEXT | XML. Download:

  8. When Hamilton County was Erected, and by Whom-Its Boundaries, Area and Population -Why Cincinnati was so Named-St. Clair, the First Territorial Governor-Who He Was, What He Did and How He Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .