Lamington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[6] located within Bedminster Township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

"Lamington" is a corruption of the Native American word for the nearby stream, the "Allemetunck" or the "Loamatong".

There are 113 recorded variations on the spelling of Lamington, including "Alamatunk," "Lametunk" and "Lamberton.

Church membership included Scots-Irish Presbyterians, Dutch and German settlers, tenant-farmers, large and small landowners, lawyers, teachers, millers, weavers, tailors, other craftsmen and workmen, slaves and freed blacks.

[11] People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Lamington include: Notable burials: