Lamberton, New Jersey Explained
| Lamberton, New Jersey |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Mercer County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Lamberton |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lamberton in Mercer County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mercer |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Trenton |
| Coordinates: | 40.1997°N -74.7589°W |
| Unit Pref: | imperial |
Lamberton was the name of a port community on the Delaware River in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] It was annexed by the city of Trenton as part of South Trenton in 1856.[2] It is now known simply as Waterfront.[3]
Lamberton is often incorrectly attributed as the birthplace of Zebulon Pike, for whom Pikes Peak (in Colorado) was named,[4] though the explorer was born in another Lamberton, now known as Lamington, in Bedminster Township in Somerset County.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Fish and Ships: Lamberton, the Port of Trenton. County of Mercer, New Jersey. January 17, 2015.
- Web site: A History of Trenton: 1679-1929. Trenton Historical Society. January 17, 2015. "1856 Lamberton annexed to Trenton.".
- Web site: City Profile Report: Trenton 250: 1792-2042: A City Master Plan Document. City of Trenton. 2015-01-20. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150121000631/http://trenton250.org/wordcms/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Trenton250-City-Profile-Report.pdf. 2015-01-21.
- Baldwin, Tom. "Where did Pike peak? Colo. explorer got start in New Jersey", Courier-Post, August 25, 2008. Accessed January 17, 2015. "Nineteenth century Jersey explorer Zebulon Pike was born in Lamberton, now a part of south Trenton, but gave his name to Colorado's 14,000-foot Pikes Peak."
- Backes, William J.. "General Zebulon M. Pike, Somerset-Born" in Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, p. 245. Somerset Historical Publications, Reprint Publishers, 1919. Accessed January 17, 2015. "If one will pick up almost any encyclopedia or biography he will find it stated that General Pike was born at 'Lamberton, now part of Trenton, New Jersey, January 5, 1779.' But this name has been confused with his real birthplace, which was not at Lamberton in Mercer County, but at Lamberton (now Lamington) in Somerset County."
