The Rakes Forest

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Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,379 at the 2020 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and is a college town, with Colgate University dominating the town's employment, culture and population. The town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton. == History == The location was formerly called "Payne's Corners". The town of Hamilton was established in 1795, before the county was formed, from the town of Paris in Oneida County. The original town was reduced to create new towns in the county. The Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, an appendant body in Freemasonry, was founded in Hamilton in 1890. == Geography == The southern town line is the border of Chenango County. The village of Hamilton is in the northwest corner of the town, and the village of Earlville sits on the county line, with half of the village in the southwest corner of the town.