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History · Hampton

Hampton’s post office opened in 1880, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the IOOF Opera House.

1880first post office
1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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How Hampton began

When was Hampton founded?

1880

The Hampton post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 432146 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.Old housesHalf of Hampton’s homes were built before 1964.
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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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In 1879, Joshua Cox founded Hampton and circulated a petition for the railroad to be built through the town.

On June 19, 1891, Cox and his brother James Cox became the first stockmen to ship cattle from the United States to Liverpool, England.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hampton, decade by decade

Today5 recent
NEMap-doton-Hampton2017NEMap-doton-HamptonHampton, Nebraska city hall2013Hampton, Nebraska city hallHampton, Nebraska 3rd from B-C2013Hampton, Nebraska 3rd from B-CHampton, Nebraska 3rd from A2013Hampton, Nebraska 3rd from AHampton, Nebraska Downtown2008Hampton, Nebraska Downtown
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hampton

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
IOOF Opera House
IOOF Opera House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Two-part Commercial Block1
IOOF Opera HouseTwo-part Commercial Block

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Hampton’s history

What year was Hampton founded?

The Hampton post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hampton?

One place: the IOOF Opera House (listed 1988).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.