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Welcome to Lamington ...

Lamington is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lamington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Lamington is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lamington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Lamington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lamington.

  • New Brunswick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
  • Plainfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
  • Westfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Westfield is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
  • Summit
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
  • Morristown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Morristown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
    • Morristown has also been known as:
    • New Hanover
    • West Hanover
  • Dover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover is located in Morris County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
  • Hackettstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
  • Clinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
  • Bedminster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bedminster is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster
  • Gladstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gladstone is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lamington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lamington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lamington. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lamington.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lamington. See our Newspapers Page for Lamington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lamington ...

Looking for more information about Lamington? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lamington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lamington.

Adding Lamington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lamington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lamington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Lamington post office opened in 1872. The Lamington post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lamington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Somerset, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lamington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/