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Hampton
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Hampton is an independent city located in Virginia that operates as its own municipal government separate from any county. It matters as a historic port city in the Hampton Roads region, serving as an important economic and cultural center in southeastern Virginia.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hampton
- Population
- 137148
- Area
- 353.013196
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- hampton.gov
- Image
- Newport news norfolk portsmouth rotated.jpg
- Households
- 54847
- Dialing code
- 757
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- Commons category
- Hampton, Virginia
- inception
- 1610-00-00
- native label
- Hampton
- P8168
- November 2010
- water as percent of area
- 62.279
- per capita income
- 30596
- P12749
- Jurassic
- social media followers
- 5014
- postal code
- 23681
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Hampton is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population was 137,148 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Virginia. Hampton is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area (sometimes called "Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.
Hampton traces its origins to Old Point Comfort, the site of Fort Monroe, named by English explorers led by Christopher Newport in 1607 during the founding of Jamestown. Following the American Civil War, Hampton University was established on the opposite bank of the Hampton River to educate newly freed African Americans and local Native Americans. In the 20th century, the city became home to Langley Air Force Base, NASA's Langley Research Center, and the Virginia Air and Space Center.