Since the death of Alexander Hamilton on July 12, 1804, numerous things have been named after him, including unit lineage, vessels, schools, towns, buildings, public works and art, and geographic sites.
Lineage
The lineage of the New York Provincial Company of Artillery has been perpetuated in a series of units nicknamed "Hamilton's Own." It was carried by the 5th Field Artillery Regiment.
Vessels
Steamers
PS Alexander Hamilton was completed in 1924. When she retired from service as a passenger steamboat in 1971, it was one of the last operating sidewheel steamboats in the United States. It was the last sidewheeler to traverse the Hudson River.
United States Coast Guard
USRC Hamilton (1830), the fastest Morris-Taney-class cutter, was operated out of Boston for much of her career. It became famous for rescues and saving property. A song titled "The Cutter Hamilton Quick step" was written in November 1839. The vessel was lost in a gale in 1853. USS Alexander Hamilton (1871) was a revenue cutter in service from 1871 to 1906 and a participant in the Spanish–American War. USS Vicksburg (PG-11) was renamed to Alexander Hamilton in 1922 after being transferred to the Coast Guard a year earlier. She was renamed to Beta between 1935 and 1936. USCGC Alexander Hamilton was a Treasury-class cutter launched in 1937 and stricken in January 1942 after an attack by Germany. She was the Coast Guard's first loss in World War II. USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) was a cutter in service from 1967 to 2011 when it was transferred to the Philippine Navy. USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) is a Legend-class cutter commissioned in 2014.
United States Navy
A number of vessels in the United States Navy have borne the designation USS Hamilton, though some have been named for other men. The USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) was the second Lafayette-class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine.
Houses
The Hamilton Grange National Memorial is the only house Hamilton owned. The mansion was built on his 32-acre country estate in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan and was completed in 1802. The mansion remained in the family until 1833 when his widow sold it to real estate developer Thomas E. Davis. Elizabeth used part of the proceeds from the Grange estate to purchase a new townhouse from Davis, the Hamilton-Holly House. Elizabeth lived in it with her grown children Alexander and Eliza, and their spouses until 1843.
Colleges and universities
The main classroom building for the humanities at Columbia University is Hamilton Hall. The university's student group for Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets and Marine officer candidates is named the Alexander Hamilton Society. Hamilton served as one of the first trustees of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, which was renamed to Hamilton College in 1812 after receiving a college charter. The main administration building of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut is named Hamilton Hall to commemorate Hamilton's creation of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, one of the predecessors to the Coast Guard.
Schools
Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles
Alexander Hamilton Jr./Sr. High School
Alexander Hamilton High School in Brooklyn
Alexander Hamilton High School in Milwaukee
Buildings and public work
The Salem, Massachusetts social space Hamilton Hall was built in 1805. Fort Hamilton, the fourth oldest installation in the United States, was built in 1831. Alexander Hamilton Bridge, an eight-lane steel arch bridge that carries traffic over the Harlem River, opened near his former Grange estate on January 15, 1963. In 1990, a New York government building was renamed to the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. At Hamilton's birthplace in Charlestown, Nevis, the Alexander Hamilton Museum was rebuilt on the foundations of the house where Hamilton was once believed to have been born and lived during his childhood.