George May, after whom the village of Mays Landing was named, built a shipyard and trading post near Babcock Creek in 1756. Hamilton Township's origins are directly tied to the Great Egg Harbor River and its tributaries which run through it. Geographically, the township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia- Reading- Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. However, with a total area (land and water combined) of 112.94 square miles (292.5 km 2) it is the second-largest municipality in New Jersey, behind neighboring Galloway Township, which has a total area of 114.49 square miles (296.5 km 2). At 110.90 square miles (287.2 km 2), Hamilton Township has the largest land area of any municipality in New Jersey. The township calls itself "New Jersey's Largest Municipality" on its stationery and its website. The Township of Hamilton was incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,484, an increase of 981 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 26,503, which in turn reflected an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 census.
Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S.
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