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History · Southampton Meadows

Half of Southampton Meadows’ homes were built after 2000

Most of Southampton Meadows was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1920 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Southampton Meadows’ 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 Southampton Meadows are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19205 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1986. Watch Southampton Meadows change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Southampton Meadows’s history is told.

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On the map

Southampton Meadows on the map, 1920 to 1986

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

Southampton Meadows on the 1920 USGS mapSouthampton Meadows on the 1943 USGS mapSouthampton Meadows on the 1957 USGS mapSouthampton Meadows on the 1967 USGS mapSouthampton Meadows on the 1986 USGS map1920Holland sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Southampton Meadows, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Southampton Meadows yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Southampton Meadows is a mobile home community and census-designated place in southeastern Southampton County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Southampton Meadows had a population of 503.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Southampton Meadows

Nobody well known was born in Southampton Meadows itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charlie ByrdAmerican jazz guitarist · b. 1925
Della H. RaneyAfrican-American army nurse · b. 1912
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Ella MitchellAmerican actress · b. 1937
Lewis F. Powell Jr.American jurist (1907–1998); US Supreme Court j… · b. 1907
Richard HudsonAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1971
Rory SparrowAmerican basketball player · b. 1958

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.