Hamilton is a city located in Butler County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,690. It is the county seat of Butler County6. Hamilton was laid out as Fairfield in 1794, but took the name of Fort Hamilton, the army post established there by General Arthur St. Clair and named for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. From there, St. Clair and General Richard Butler, namesake of the county, marched north in 1791 to fight Indians. Butler was killed in the expedition. The 'father of Hamilton' and a leading statesman was James McBride. It was first incorporated by act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1810, but lost its status in 1815 for failure to hold elections. It was reincorporated in 1827 with Rossville, the community across the Great Miami River in St. Clair Township but the two places severed their connection in 1831 only to be rejoined in 1854. It became a city in 1857. On March 14, 1867, Hamilton withdrew from the townships of Fairfield and St. Clair to form a paper township.
The city's mayor is Don Ryan. Most of the city is in the Hamilton City School District, which has been named the number urban school district in Ohio and its superintendent, Janet Baker, has been named Ohio's superintendent of the year.
