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History · Hampton

Hampton’s post office opened in 1856, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1900.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Hampton began

When was Hampton founded?

1856

The Hampton post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 196 in 19002020 census: 744170 years
Founding year: the first Hampton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hampton’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hampton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hampton’s history is told.

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The story

How Hampton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hampton.

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A post office called Hampton has been in operation since 1856. The city took its name from Hampton Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hampton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
St. Mathias2024St. MathiasWatt Munisotaram2012Watt MunisotaramTown hall, Dakota County2009Town hall, Dakota CountyWatt Khmer Munisotaram2008Watt Khmer MunisotaramHamptonMNwatertower20062006HamptonMNwatertower2006MNMap-doton-Hampton2005MNMap-doton-Hampton
On the map

Hampton on the map, 1953 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hampton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hampton on the 1953 USGS mapHampton on the 1974 USGS map1953Saint Paul sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hampton.

People over time

Hampton, census by census

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Grew from 196 people in 1900 to 744 in 2020, 3 times over.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hampton’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Hampton’s history

What year was Hampton founded?

The Hampton post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.