- Hamilton Square, New Jersey
Hamilton Square is an unincorporated area located within Hamilton Township in Mercer County,
New Jersey ,United States .Hamilton Square was named after
Alexander Hamilton in a wave of anti-British feeling at the time of theWar of 1812 . It previously had been calledNottingham after the British town. [History of Hamilton Township, Hamilton Township Historical Society, 1999.]Notables residents
Notable current and former residents of Hamilton Square include:
*Dan Donigan (born 1966), retired United Statessoccer forward and current head coach ofSaint Louis University Men's Soccer team. [Monahan, Bob. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEDDE163BBD15&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "PALMER STAR HEADS FOR HC"] , "The Boston Globe ",March 10 ,1987 . AccessedAugust 26 ,2008 . "University of Connecticut sophomore soccer forward Dan Donigan from Hamilton Square, NJ, is one of 43 players nationwide picked to try out for the US National/Olympic Qualifying Team this summer."]
*Janice Harsanyi (1930-2007), soprano singer and college professor
*Dahntay Jones (born 1980), professional basketball player, currently playing for theSacramento Kings . [Battista, Judy. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6DD123DF932A15751C0A96F958260 "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Rutgers Could Have a Post-Season With Meaning"] , "The New York Times ",February 21 ,1999 . AccessedDecember 12 ,2007 . "With his first full recruiting class, one of the best in the Big East, Bannon got Dahntay Jones, a guard from Hamilton Square, N.J., and Rashod Kent, a forward from West Virginia."]
*George R. Robbins (1814-1875) was represented ushr|New Jersey|2 from 1855 to 1859. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000300 George Robbins Robbins] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ". AccessedDecember 12 ,2007 .]References
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