Hamilton is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all land.

[8] The most significant historical event of early Hamilton was the battle and fall of Fort Branch,[9] when Union vessels and troops came upriver from Plymouth (see Plymouth, North Carolina History) in an attempt to reach Weldon to cut off supplies to General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.

Afterwards, the fort was abandoned and the cannons were dumped into the Roanoke River by departing Confederate troops, and were only recently discovered.

The group was accused of violating North Carolina's antiquities laws in an effort to keep the cannons in Martin County.

The courts officially decided that the cannons belong to the state under the North Carolina Department of Archives and History.

All of the construction materials were from local suppliers, except the bell and stained glass, which were imported from Wales.

[8] Despite this, and years of taxpayer funding of the Roanoke River Partners, no concrete action has been taken to restore the building which is currently dilapidated.

Hamilton, once a thriving, beautiful Victorian port town with many of its homes listed in the National Historic Registry, had been in decline in recent years.