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Hamilton is the county seat of Butler County on the Great Miami River, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati; it is the second-largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th-largest city in Ohio.

Hamilton began as Fort Hamilton, a stockade built in September-October 1791 by General Arthur St. Clair and named to honor Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, as a supply post for the Northwest Indian War.

After the fort was abandoned, a settlement was platted as Fairfield in 1794, the town was renamed Hamilton by 1803, first incorporated in 1810, and became a city in 1857.

Hamilton had a population of 63,399 at the 2020 census.

Hamilton has about 24,858 households according to Census Bureau figures for 2020-2024, about 54% of its homes are owner-occupied, and the median owner-occupied home value is $165,200.

Hamilton is known as the 'City of Sculpture' for its extensive public art, anchored by Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, a nonprofit park founded by Hamilton businessman Harry T. Wilks that displays more than 70 monumental sculptures across hundreds of acres of hills, meadows, and lakes.

Hamilton was a major paper-manufacturing center for over a century, earning it the nickname 'Paper City.'

Hamilton has three designated National Historic Districts: the German Village, Rossville, and Dayton Lane historic districts.

The Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument, dedicated on July 4, 1906, stands on the site of old Fort Hamilton and honors Butler County's war veterans and pioneers.

Hamilton is home to Miami University Hamilton, a regional campus founded in 1968 by Miami University of Oxford.