Lamberton, New Jersey

Lamberton, New Jersey

Lamberton was the name of a port community in New Jersey in the United States of America. It was located on the Delaware River and is now considered an area that is part of Trenton, New Jersey.

Lamberton, New Jersey, was the birthplace of Zebulon Pike, for whom Pikes Peak (in Colorado) was named. [Baldwin, Tom. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080825/NEWS01/808250336/1006/NEWS01 "Where did Pike peak? Colo. explorer got start in New Jersey"] , "Courier-Post", August 25, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2008. "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."]

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