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Lamberton was the name of a port community on the Delaware River in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[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, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Riverview Plaza on the Trenton Waterfront
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Coordinates: 40°11′59″N 74°45′32″W
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Mercer
City	Trenton

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]

References

"Fish and Ships: Lamberton, the Port of Trenton" (PDF). County of Mercer, New Jersey. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
"A History of Trenton: 1679-1929". Trenton Historical Society. Retrieved January 17, 2015. 1856 Lamberton annexed to Trenton.
"City Profile Report: Trenton 250: 1792-2042: A City Master Plan Document" (PDF). City of Trenton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
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."

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